Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, October 26 Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, October 26 By Editor - October 26, 2020 65 0 Advertisement MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 TRENDING STORY Can California’s Top Wine Region Survive the Era of Megafire? As the climate crisis brings increasingly unpredictable fire seasons, the future of the $43 billion industry is uncertain… TODAY’S NEWS Napa Valley Vintners Supports Community with $8.3 Million in Giving The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) announced today the organization is giving $8.3 million to provide essential services to neighbors during these difficult times… “Behind the Wines” Inaugural Season Concludes with “The Harvest Sessions” On Oct. 27, Wine Institute’s California Wine Export Program will conclude its “Behind the Wines” webinar series with “The Harvest Sessions,” a unique trio of episodes, moderated by host Elaine Chukan Brown, to give a behind the scenes look at the 2020 vintage across the Golden State… Napa County Farm Bureau Hosts Viticulture Continuing Education Classes The Napa County Farm Bureau Foundation is hosting a series of continuing education classes for the public in November and December… Lodi Wine Masterclass Wine Country Women Heritage Families Book Now on Pre-Sale Planning for the COVID Winter at El Dorado Wine Region Tasting Rooms Oregon Micro Fund Launches Second Fund to Help Oregon-Based Wineries and Craft Beverage Entrepreneurs Prosper Candy Mountain Becomes Washington’s Newest Wine Grape Region Canadian Wine Exporters Get Creative to Keep, Gain International Clients New Côtes du Rhône Villages Appellation Granted Prosecco Property: Stunning Vineyard for Sale in Italy’s North East The Beirut Explosion, Twelve Weeks Later: A Closer Look At Its Continued Impact On Lebanon’s Wine Industry It’s a Bug’s Life in the Vineyard The World’s Best Spanish Wines BLOGS Wine DtC Shipments and Off-Premise Retail Should We Worry About Artificial Intelligence in Wine Writing? Michigan Proposes Liquor Legislation, Beware of the Consequences The Rise of QR Codes and Contactless Payments Spruce Up Your Business WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Wine Bottling Technician The Bottle Meister, Inc. – Paso Robles, CA, USA Production/Maintenance Operator Recruiting Associates Network – Fairfield, CA, USA District Manager Columbia Distributing – Portland, OR, USA More Wine Industry Jobs PEOPLE Ken Evenstad Obituary Head Winemaker at Israel’s Barkan Winery Receives Prestigious Master of Wine Designation Roland Fumasi Named New Head of RaboResearch North America Republic National Distributing Company Owner Alan Dreeben Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Wine Enthusiast Brian Koziol, MS, Named Vice President – Strategic Development, Palomar Beverage Company SUPPLIER NEWS Heavy Duty Kraft Wine Bottle Carrier with Window and Rope Handles How London City Bond Kept Trade Rolling During Lockdown Heavy Duty Kraft Wine Bottle Carrier with Window and Rope Handles The Relationship Between Cork and Wine More Supplier News VINEYARD & WINERY Korbel Launches New National Advertising Campaign Napa Valley’s Lang & Reed Launches the Monograph Collection of Seven New Cabernet Franc Wines, Two to Be Released in 2020 Exotic Wines Offer Welcome Respite to Traditional Grapes of the U.S. Sinskey: We Will Only Make 600 Cases of Wine This Year 2020 Finally Gets Its Own Vintage with ‘Sh!tshow Wine’ by Grovedale Winery Advertisement