Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, December 16th Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, December 16th By Editor - December 16, 2020 142 0 Advertisement WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 TRENDING STORY Enoforum, Europe’s Largest Scientific Technical Wine Congress, Coming to America ENOFORUM, the largest scientific technical congress in Europe for the wine sector, is coming to the United States on May 5-6, 2021 in Sonoma County, CA… TODAY’S NEWS Geodesy: Mentoring the Next Generation of Women in Agriculture With a simple, yet elegantly stylized letter, Judy Jordan made her indelible mark on the wine world… Kentucky to Begin Permitting DtC Shipping of Alcohol In April, 2020, Kentucky passed HB 415, which established new rules permitting the direct-to-consumer (DtC) shipping of alcoholic beverages… ‘Be the Change’ Changes the Game for All at Wine Industry’s First Virtual Job Fair to Promote True Inclusivity and Diversity On December 2-3, 2020, Be the Change Job Fair, a joint initiative between Diversity in Wine & Spirits, Wonder Women of Wine, and other industry leaders hosted the wine industry’s first virtual job fair focused on diversity and inclusion… Napa County Hit With a New COVID Shutdown Order Affecting Businesses of All Types Local Food Bank Receives Over $64,000 from Walla Walla Valley Wineries, Businesses Winter in Oregon’s Wine Country Wine Origins Alliance Calls on President-Elect Biden to Remove Barriers to Trade in Wine Ohio State Attorney General Has Commanding Lead In Direct Shipping Litigation Tournament 4-2-1 Wine Docuseries CRUSH to Premiere 12/18 on SOMM TV On-Trade Sales in Five US States Plummet 48% The French Wine Industry Considers ‘Deferred Vineyard Restructuring’, AKA Temporary Vine Pulls The UK Has Lost 12.5% of Its Monthly Wine Drinking Population Since 2015 Australia to Challenge China at the WTO as Tensions Escalate The World’s Best Rieslings BLOGS Wine Intelligence’s Industry Predictions for 2021 How to Find Opportunities for Wine Mentorship and Education Outside the CMS Smoke Taint Looms Large in CA How to Find Opportunities for Wine Mentorship and Education Outside the CMS Wine in the U.S. in 2020 — The Top Takeaways WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Global Head of Marketing and Communications Bintrace – USA (Remote) Customer Service Logistics Recruiting Associates Network -American Canyon, CA, USA Wine Club Sales Manager Tobias Glen Vineyard – Anywhere (Remote) More Wine Industry Jobs PEOPLE Women for Winesense Honors 30th Anniversary Award Recipients Shane Harris, Winemaker for Wines by Geoff Hardy Is Named Winestate Magazine’s Australian Winemaker of the Year for the Third Time Wilson Daniels Expands in Provence, Partnering with Commanderie de Peyrassol Louis Glunz Wines Announces New Executive Management Team to Shape Future of the Company Opus One Welcomes New Director of Hospitality SUPPLIER NEWS Demystifying Oenodia STARS® Technology Packaging Manufacturer Guala Closures Launches Blossom Range of Sustainable Closures Flavor First Intuitive Line of Wine Glassware Released in U.S. Market Grand Reserve Rewards Enters Partnership with ProofLoyalty Wine Marketplace More Supplier News VINEYARD & WINERY Napa Valley’s Frank Family Vineyards Donates $25,000 to James Beard Foundation’s “Open for Good” Nomen’s Recyclable PET Bottles Ask Wine Buyers to Pass on Glass Adelaide Hills Winery Petaluma to Close Freixenet, Global Sparkling Wine Leader, Launches Alcohol-Removed Sparkling Wine Finger Lakes Winery Makes Wine Spectator’s Prestigious Top 100 List Advertisement
