Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, November 25 Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, November 25 By Editor - November 25, 2020 102 0 Advertisement WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 TRENDING STORY Supreme Court Opens Another Case of Wine It looks like the thorny subject of interstate shipping is heading back to the US Supreme Court… TODAY’S NEWS Wine.com Doubles Growth During the Pandemic Leading American online wine retailer Wine.com closed the first half of its fiscal year with US$176 million in revenue, representing 217% year-over-year growth… California Wildfire Smoke in 2020 Takes Toll on Wine Country This year marks California’s most destructive wildfire season in history. Wine country has suffered an especially damaging toll, with hundreds of thousands of acres burnt, the smell of soot in the air, and grapes covered and spoiled by smoke and ash… Announcing the Release of Wine History Foundations: the Old World Cellar Muse announces a new course, which is available online through the Napa Valley Wine Academy’s online wine academy. The course is now available for registration on the Academy’s website… El Dorado Wine Grape Growers Association’s November Zoom Meeting Moved to December 2 Michigan Winemakers Are Making High-Quality Wines with Locally Grown Vinifera Grapes North Jackson Lawmaker and Lobbyists Again Pushing for Wine Sales in Grocery Stores UK and Canada Trade Deal ‘Good Result’ for Wine and Spirits Bordeaux Slows Decline in Secondary Market “Worry and Anxiety on a Daily Basis” for Alsace Winegrowers Liv-Ex Prepares for Skyrocketing Cost of Brexit Transition Wine Tourism Numbers Highlight COVID-19 Challenges and the Road Forward Coronavirus Boosts Winery Camaraderie Vinitaly Changes Its 2021 Dates Legendary Chef Wolfgang Puck and Award-Winning Sommelier Jon Mcdaniel Celebrate Thanksgiving and Rosé with a Perfect Pairing Virtual Global Event BLOGS We Asked 13 Sommeliers: What’s Your Favorite Canned Wine Right Now? Online Certificate in Wine Business Management Postcard Retargeting — Old World Marketing with a New World Strategy In Canada, Millennial Consumers Drove the Increased Purchase of Alternative Packaging for Wine During 2020, with Gen Z Drinkers Increasing Their Purchase of Boxed Wine More Than Others What My Alaskan Native Grandmother Taught Me About Wine Writing WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Account Associate Vintrace – USA Customer Service Representative Recruiting Associates Network – American Canyon, CA, USA Technical Service Representative Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. – Windsor, CA, United States More Wine Industry Jobs INDUSTRY EVENTS Craft Beverage Expo and Distribution Conference December 2-3 – Webinar Be The Change – Virtual Job Fair December 3 – Webinar Key Solutions to Optimize Your Wine Shelf-Life December 8 – Webinar 2020 in Review with Commerce7 and WinePulse December 10 – Webinar Bold Predictions: Thriving Post-COVID December 16 – Webinar TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Innovative CIO2 Mister Reduces Water Use in Tank Sanitization by 98% Bordeaux’s New Grape Varieties Take Root Oregon Wineries Call on Governor to Allow Limited Offerings, Citing Economic Impacts from Industry Survey The Most Visited Winery in the United States Is Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary Eliminating Weather Holds and Waste: New Cooler Ships Wine Safe and Sustainably Anytime Information About 2020 Grape Crush Report Survey and Smoke Affected Winegrapes Team Madrigal — Unlikely First-Responders 2020 Paso Robles Wine Vintage Set to Be Most Memorable on Record The Enthusiast 100: Our Top Wines of 2020 Sale of Constellation Brand’s Riverlands Winery to Giesen Group First the Pandemic Halted Tasting-Room Traffic, Then Wildfire Smoke Threatened Their Grapes. Yet Local Winemakers Are Finding New Ways to Serve Flights and Save the 2020 Vintage SipSource Issues Third-Quarter Data, Paints Bleak Picture for On-Premise Retail Outlets in 2021 Five Award Winning Innovations That Advance Winemaking and Wine Business Challenging 2020 Harvest Will Yield High Quality California Wines Napa County Drops to Purple Tier; New COVID-19 Restrictions Will Be Imposed Advertisement
