Home Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, September 24th Afternoon Brief Afternoon Brief, September 24th By Editor - September 24, 2021 99 0 Advertisement FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 TRENDING STORY California Farm Worker Union Marching to the French Laundry After Newsom Vetoes Labor Bill Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to vote by mail in union elections, a change the United Farm Workers pressed for after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year dealt a setback to its organizing practices… TODAY’S NEWS Sonoma Valley Wildfire Sends Buzz Through Some Winery Tasting Rooms A wildfire in the Sonoma Valley Wednesday sent a buzz through some winery tasting rooms… Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Take Retail Shipping Case Appeal from 8th Circuit on October 8 The United States Supreme Court will meet to consider whether to grant or deny certiorari on a Florida retailer’s dormant Commerce Clause challenge to Missouri delivery laws at their conference on October 8… Wine Grape Forecast for Central Washington: Smaller Fruit, Better Flavor Washington’s hot summer is translating to smaller wine grapes, but a state wine official expects to see more grapes harvested this year… Californian Chardonnay ‘Will Become Very Collectable’ Historic Family-Owned Winery Debuts New Name, Hess Persson Estates Innovative Producers Are Making Sparkling Red Wines for Everyday Drinking Scientists, Officials Guard Against New Pests New York and Texas Restaurants to Showcase the Women and Next-Gen Winemakers of Bordeaux This November with Rare, 3-liter Bottle Features Brock University Toasts Gift of 2,500 Historically Significant Wines Top Somms Rediscover Médoc, Bordeaux’s Epicenter of Excitement and Unexpected Value French Oenologists Are Teaching Chemotherapy Patients How to Rehabilitate Their Sense of Smell Teething Troubles for English Wine Workers Strike at Southern Hemisphere’s Largest Winery As Pay Negotiations Slow Milano Wine Week: The Worldwide Event Is Becoming Increasingly Technological WINEINDUSTRY.JOBS Mobile Bottling Technician The Bottle Meister, Inc. – Paso Robles, CA, USA Compliance Assistant Compliance Service of America – Myrtle Point, Oregon, USA Winery Controller Montinore Estate – Forest Grove, OR, USA More Wine Industry Jobs INDUSTRY EVENTS 3 Ways to Increase Shelf Appeal September 29 – Webinar ‘On the Spot’: Give Them What They Want! How to Think Like Your Customer September 29 – Webinar WIN Webinar: Retailer DTC Shipping: Adjust for the Present, Prepare for the Future September 30 – Webinar Sunset International Spirits Competition October 19-20 – Webinar North Coast Wine Industry Expo December 2 – Sonoma County, CA TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Wine Industry Analyst Weigh-in: JUSTIN’s Acquisition of Lewis Cellars Is It Time to Kick the (Wine) Can? Females in the Field–How Women in the Vineyard Make for Better Wine Business Scientists Develop Organic Cure for Pierce’s Disease A Large Portion of Wines Sold Worldwide Are Fake, Experts Say ‘Super Resilient and Super Creative’: How Local Wineries Survived the Pandemic Inside One of California’s Most Promising New Wineries, Harvesting Fruit in Unexpected Places There Might Be Another Wine Shortage Coming—Here’s Why How Farming with Horses Makes Better Wine Napa County Balks at Fleming Winery Visitor Increase Three Wine-Related Bills Await Signature from Newsom Costco’s Best Pinot Noir Wines to Buy Why LVMH Didn’t Buy Brunello’s Banfi Wine Brand 2021 Close to Reaching 2019 Sales Levels in the On-Premise, Latest OPM (On-Premise Measurement) Data from CGA Reveals Marine Layer Wines Opens Tasting Room on the Healdsburg Plaza Advertisement