Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, January 20th Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, January 20th By Editor - January 20, 2021 104 0 Advertisement WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 TRENDING STORY Coalition of Bay Area Restaurants and Wineries Files Lawsuit Against Governor Newsom for Harmful “Arbitrary and Irrational” Outdoor Dining Ban The Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening (the “Coalition”) announced today its filing of a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom and California State Public Health Officer Tomás J. Aragón alleging that the state’s ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting is arbitrary, irrational, and unfair… TODAY’S NEWS Kim McPherson: Pioneer and Standard-Bearer of Texas Wine There are few people better known in the Texas wine industry than Kim McPherson… Rethinking Online Sales for Premium Wineries: Nakedwines.com in the COVID Era “In this game of pivoting, it’s a pivot for us.” That’s Ana Keller of Keller Estate Winery in Sonoma’s Petaluma Gap, describing her experience this past year with NakedWines.com, a crowd-funded online retailer that in normal circumstances wouldn’t have been a sales channel that she or her family’s winery would have explored… 2020 Fires Caused $3.7 Billion in Losses for Wine Industry The fires of 2020 appear to have cost the wine industry $3.7 billion in losses that will be felt by wineries well into 2023… Why a Leading Central Coast Vineyard Is Transitioning to Organic Production Will Biden Remove Wine Tariffs? Global Wine Trends to Watch in 2021 Millennials’ Time Has Come in the US Wine Category Alcohol Sales Forecast to Fall 8% in 2020 Arkansas Senate Committee Advances Alcohol Delivery Bill Burgundy 2019: ‘Exquisite’ Wines Defy the Heat Wine After War in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sweden Is Turning into a Wine Hotspot Because of Climate Change New Zealand Wine Delivers Strong Performance in UK Off-Trade A Technique for Regaining Taste and Sense of Smell After COVID BLOGS Brand Optimization Is a Journey, Not a Destination Stalin, the Khmer Rouge and Wine Influencers How to Take Your Own Brand Photos: 10 Tips & Tricks California Dreamin’ or What Are You Smokin’? (Finding a Path to True Sustainability and Distinction) Calling Wine Club Members WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS General Manager – Operations and Hospitality Tobias Glen Vineyard – Anywhere (Remote) Mobile Services Technician ATPGroup – Windsor, California, USA General Manager – Operations and Hospitality DANCIN Vineyards – Jacksonville, OR, USA More Wine Industry Jobs PEOPLE 2021 Rich Smith Distinguished Service Award Presented to Ohio’s Donniella Winchell Longtime Viticulturist at Sonoma Valley’s Gloria Ferrer Retires; Other Professionals News from Gamble Family Vineyards, Napa Valley Grapegrowers Benjamin de Rothschild Dies Aged 57 Bollinger Appoints New House Cooper Alignment in Action Podcast Episode 2: Linzi Gay of Clif Family Winery, Napa Valley SUPPLIER NEWS Della Toffola Takes Intelligent Pressing to a New Level Award-Winning Digital Marketing for Commerce7 Favorable Pricing Returns for Global Package’s Elegant Light Bottles Reduce Your Environmental Footprint and Save on Costs? When Pigs Fly! More Supplier News VINEYARD & WINERY Large Section of Long Island’s Oldest Vineyard Back on the Selling Block Scheid Family Wines Reports Third Quarter Results Wine Brand Castello Del Poggio Gets Facelift from Denomination Fraser Valley Winery Adapts to COVID-19 with Wine Tasting Domes Stoney Ridge Vineyards & Winery ‘Weathering’ a Pandemic Opening Advertisement