Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, January 22nd Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, January 22nd By Editor - January 22, 2021 58 0 Advertisement FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 TRENDING STORY The 2020 Wildfires Could Cost California’s Wine Industry $3.7 Billion — but It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way If the wildfires of 2020 hadn’t already served as a wake-up call for California’s wine industry, just wait until it sees the bill… TODAY’S NEWS Lindsay Hoopes: Creating Economic Viability and Attracting the Next Generation of Consumers to Napa A Napa native, Lindsay Hoopes spent her childhood walking the vineyards with her family, and in so doing, developed an unparalleled love for farming and her surrounding community… How Are Wineries Doing? Are They Interested in Selling? One of the findings of the 2021 Silicon Valley Bank State of The Industry Report was that wineries have been performing relatively well financially, given the difficulties of the past year… Imagining an End to Wine Tariffs Joe Biden is in the White House, but what does that mean for an under-pressure wine industry?… Grape Research Helps Answer Climate Change Question Napa County Resolves Sinskey Winery Visitation Requests Boich Family Cellar: The 20-Year Labor of Love That Began with a Boozy Lunch in Napa Valley Michigan State University Viticulturist Has Grape Expectations Finding an Innovative Way to Keep Business Going Through COVID-19 WSWA Praises the Biden Administration & Urges Congress to Pay Special Attention to the Hospitality Industry How Babe Wine and ‘the Fat Jewish’ Built a Canned Wine Empire from Monster Trucks and Mega-Models Wine Shipping State of the Union, 2021 Edition Champagne Slowed Down Has Brexit Changed Duty-Free Wine Rules? Ask Decanter “Tomorrow’s Robots Will Not Be Marketed by Today’s Start-Ups” Claims Pellenc WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Quality and Production Assistant Recruiting Associates Network – Fairfield, CA, USA General Manager – Operations and Hospitality DANCIN Vineyards – Jacksonville, OR, USA Mobile Services Technician ATPGroup – Windsor, California, USA More Wine Industry Jobs INDUSTRY EVENTS Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Virtual Conference and Trade Show January 26 – 28 – Webinar Brazil, a Sparkling New World February 3 – Webinar 2020 Oregon Wine Symposium February 11 – 12 – Webinar Enoforum Web Conference February 23 – 25 – Webinar 45th Texas Wine and Grape Virtual Forum February 23 – March 4th – Webinar TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK North Coast Wine Business Will Feel Effect of the Pandemic for Some Time, Expert Says Jeff O’Neill: Fostering a Culture of Teamwork, Ingenuity and Opportunity Napa and Willamette Suffer Poor 2020 Vintage Kim McPherson: Pioneer and Standard-Bearer of Texas Wine Gallo, Constellation and the Impact of Corporatization in Wine Rethinking Online Sales for Premium Wineries: Nakedwines.com in the COVID Era Lucie Morton: Enthusiasm and an Eye for Deep Insights with Viticultural Impact Why a Leading Central Coast Vineyard Is Transitioning to Organic Production Coalition of Bay Area Restaurants and Wineries Files Lawsuit Against Governor Newsom for Harmful “Arbitrary and Irrational” Outdoor Dining Ban Predicting Higher Demand for Wine in 2021 2020 Hindsight: How the Alcohol Industry Landscape Changed After Disastrous 2020, Sonoma County Grape Growers Face a Hopeful, Uncertain Harvest With the Big Williams Selyem Deal, a California Wine Icon Aims to Avoid a Common Fate: A Soulless Private Equity Future I Drank Smoke-Tainted Canned Wine and Liked It Five of Napa’s Most Stunning Wineries Advertisement
