Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, February 26th Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, February 26th By Editor - February 26, 2021 108 0 Advertisement FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 TRENDING STORY Wine Folly Launches World’s First Region Guide with Producer Controlled Data from Global Wine Database In the first major collaboration since combining efforts in 2019, Folly Enterprises have released the Walla Walla Valley Wine Region Guide… TODAY’S NEWS 9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Out of State Importer Challenge to California Law Well, that was quick. Two weeks after oral argument, the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the trial court and upheld the motion to dismiss filed by California in the dormant Commerce Clause challenge by a Florida importer to California’s law requiring retailers to source their alcohol from in state wholesalers… 10 New Masters of Wine for 2021 with First in Italy We are delighted to reveal the latest set of people to become Masters of Wine, taking in 10 high-achieving figures from a range of countries including the UK, Germany, New Zealand, and the US – as well as the first MW based in Italy… Channel Shifting, E-Comm Power Global Off-Premise Similar to what played out in the U.S., wine consumers around the world shifted their wine spending to e-commerce and delivery as they stayed home because of the pandemic… Free the Grapes! February 2021 Winery Update Agriculture and Business Coalition Disappointed in Cal/OSHA Emergency Standards Preliminary Injunction Ruling Legislation Aims to Replenish California Tourism Marketing Funds Depleted Under Pandemic Restrictions DtC Shipping Limit Increasing in Wyoming San Miguel de Allende’s Burgeoning Wine Country Takes Visitors Across the Dramatic Terrain and Architecture of the Heart of Mexico Bordeaux Adapts with New Grapes Wine Competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Changes Venues Kate Thornton Calls for End to Gender Bias on Alcohol Duty for Wine Drinkers Wine Trade Writes Open Letter to Under-Secretary of State Victoria Prentis Australian Vintage Shining Bright Amid Wine Industry Gloom Dan Berger: Regional Fingerprints WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Agriculture Field Engineer Yamaha Motor Corporation USA – Napa, CA, USA Retail Associate Best Wine Purveyors – Pleasantville, Westchester County, NY, USA Sales Representatives Wine for the World – Hampton Bays, NY, USA More Wine Industry Jobs INDUSTRY EVENTS Smoke Taint: Recent Research Surrounding Grapevine Health and Wine Quality March 2 – Webinar Growing Forward: Vineyard & Grower Virtual Conference March 3 – Webinar 45th Texas Wine and Grape Virtual Forum February 23 – March 4 – Webinar 2021 London Wine Competition March 15 – Webinar How to Modulate the Aromatic Expression of Wines by Closure Selection March 25 – Webinar TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Sonoma County Winery Event Permit Meeting Leaves Vintners Frustrated with Process Wine E-Commerce’s Huge Opportunity in 2021 COVID’s Impact on Wine Tasting Napa’s Duckhorn Files Papers to Go Public with Stock Offering Utah Vies to Keep Title of “State with Crazies Alcohol Law” What Your Winery Can Learn About Marketing from Peloton French Critics Rate Organic and Biodynamic Wines 6-12 Points Higher in Scores Compared to Conventional or Sustainable Wines, Wine Economists Find Pending Sonoma County Winery Event Rules Pit Vintners Against Residents Chateau Ste. Michelle Parts Company with Winemaker USTR Announces No Revisions in Airbus Tariffs: Is the Tumbler, Goblet, and Pint Half-empty or Half-Full? The Data: Wine DtC Shipments and Off-Premise Retail (January 2020 Special Report) The Good News from California’s 2020 Vintage No One Is Talking About Announcing Celebrity Line-Up for Wine Future 2021 John Fox, Who Ran the World’s Largest Wine Ponzi Scheme from His Berkeley Store, Gets Out of Prison Wine Spectator Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebrity Cover: The Dogs of Wine Country Advertisement
