Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, November 19 Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, November 19 By Editor - November 19, 2020 210 0 Advertisement THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 TRENDING STORY Improved Dealcoholization Technology Preserves Beverage Quality and Meets New Consumer Demands “Low and no” are shorthand for one of the beverage industry’s most pronounced trends, a worldwide shift toward low- and nonalcoholic wine and beer…. TODAY’S NEWS Reeling from Historic Wildfires, U.S. Winemakers Ask, ‘What’s Next?’ The 2020 wildfires in Northern California, Oregon and Washington affected communities across the Western U.S. and struck a wine industry already staggering from tariffs, the novel coronavirus pandemic and labor shortages… Supreme Court Agrees to Hear California Grower’s Challenge to State Farm Labor Law The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a property rights challenge to a 45-year-old California labor law that allows union organizers to go on farmland to speak with workers at the start of their day or during a lunch break… Tehachapi Mountains Joins Paso Robles, Napa, and Sonoma with Its Own AVA This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau granted “Tehachapi Mountains” its own American Viticultural Area, or AVA… Rescuing California’s Hellish 2020 Wine Vintage Groundbreaking Program Provides Computers and Tech Skills for Napa Valley Farmworkers Oregon Wine Industry Frustrated by Second Lockdown Michigan State University Program Maps Land with Vinifera Potential As Shutdowns Return, Restaurants Grapple with the New, New Normal 3rd Annual Sommeliers Choice Awards Now Open Drizly Expands Alcohol Delivery Reach in Houston and Austin with Addition of 34 Spec’s Stores to Its Network “Fortunately”, European Wine Production Is Not “Huge” Three Quarters of Hospitality Businesses Could Close in 2021 South Australian COVID-19 Lockdown Hits Australian Wine Sector Hard The Rise of Burgundy’s Other White Wine BLOGS “Catastrophic” — The State of Restaurant Wine Sales How to Use Business Intelligence to Find Sales Opportunities Dan Berger: Opened Bottles Rhône Adventures Continue with Tablas Creek Vineyards on the Varietal Show How to Use Business Intelligence to Find Sales Opportunities WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Technical Service Representative Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. – Napa, CA, USA Account Associate Vintrace – USA Broker/Brand Representative Abarbanel Brand Wines – New York, USA More Wine Industry Jobs PEOPLE A Day in the Life of Kirk Venge, Winemaker Extraordinaire ATPGroup Announces Appointment of Terry Dewane as National Sales Manager for Its Enology Division How Studying Spanish Led to a Career in Wine — This Vineyard Guru Loves Birth Year Wines, Cabs and Unusual Paths Ag Lending Veteran Shawn Smeins Is New Head of Rabo AgriFinance California Pinot Noir Producer Decides to Release Single Vineyard Wine After Almost a Decade of Aging SUPPLIER NEWS Aervana, a Washington-Based Wine Accessory Start-Up, Announces ‘Pour It Forward’ Partnership with Food Lifeline Water Storage No Longer Optional: Now a Necessity The Pitfalls of Proprietary Generator System Software Don’t Skip Safety Training on Electric Pallet More Supplier News VINEYARD & WINERY Justin Vineyards & Winery Launches Wine 101 “Crush It with Justin” Series The Most Visited Winery in the United States Is Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary Sierra Foothills 2018 Sierra Starr Barbera Takes Top Honors at 2020 Harvest Challenge: Argentine Torrontes Takes Best White Naked Wines Predicts ‘Enduring’ Shift to Online Sales 100 Nails Ranch to Debut Zonin Family California Project Advertisement