Source:superwine Time:2019 年 1 月 24 日

The longest government closure in US history has brought about a disaster. Not only hundreds of thousands of unpaid federal workers, but also a variety of industries, such as the wine industry. According to an analysis by Standard & Poor’s global rating company, if the shutdown lasts for another week, the cost will be roughly equivalent to the cost of the wall that Trump wants to build – about $5.7 billion. As of last Friday, the US economy lost $3.6 billion.

In order to understand all the impacts of the wine industry, we interviewed a number of relevant people.

1. Domestic winery: no new wine label, no sales

Winemakers around the world are preparing to release 2018 vintages. In the United States, it has been postponed because in the United States, winemakers must obtain labels approved by the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade (TTB). As expected, applications for these labels have been closed.

In 2018, 192,000 labels passed the TTB system. While medium and large wineries may use the backlog of wine to spend the time, new and small wineries are not in stock.

Steven Felton, owner of Klinker Brick Winery in California, said, “For us, the application for the wine label is slowing down. It used to be 3-5 days. Now, from what I have heard, it will take up to 45 days.”

There is no sale without a wine label. All wineries that require a new wine label are faced with a dilemma, either using an unapproved wine label or waiting for the TTB to function properly.

The legendary co-owner Michael Volpatt is also in this situation. “We work with local wineries to create our own brands for our stores, and we are preparing to brew a rosé wine for our partners, which is now on hold.” Michael Volpatt also said that it is not just domestic wines, but also because of the Chinese and American wines. The tariff war is in the shadow.

More than 6,000 winegrowers in California are in worse shape; government closures have forced them to miss submitting grape harvest data from the 2018 harvest to the US National Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. Whether this affects the $57.6 billion California wine industry remains to be seen, but representatives of the California Wine Growers Association say that delays “may complicate matters such as contract negotiations, lending activities, and making budgets for the coming year difficult.

2. International Winery: Wine Show without Wine

Vineyards across the ocean are also not immune to closure.

Anne Markovich-Girard, vice president of US sales at Israel-based Yarden Wines, said: “I hope that the closure will not last too long. We have a new rosé wine that requires a wine label to be shipped.” Other producers are also in trouble. And worried about the domino effect of discontinuation.

Diego Pinedo, export manager for US and Canada at Bodegas Paniza Carinena in Spain, said, “This year we plan to introduce new wines to the US, but now we are unable to deliver new samples to our customers and wine critics.” Unable to taste wine, their customers It is not possible to order products.

But even more troublesome is the VinExpo held in New York from March 4th to 5th. This is the largest trade show in the United States, with more than 500 wineries and 8,000 attendees, and Bodegas Paniza receives 30% to 40% of new buyers each year. They had already booked the booth before, but due to the closure of the government, their wines may not be approved, so they are already ready to exhibit without wine.

Vinexpo event director Beckie Kier admits that although the closure has brought “unexpected challenges” to their plans, she said they have established “official importers and logistics companies.” The team there has “multiple contingency plans” to ensure that all wines are delivered successfully.

3. Importer and distributor importer

Dealers like Boston’s Latitude Beverage have begun to pay attention to losses caused by government closures. “Spring is especially important to our business,” Wine Director Brett Vankoski said. “We expect to launch about 10 new products in February and March. We have had to postpone at least a month. When there is such a backlog, it will The domino effect,” and “the resulting sales loss can be very large.”

The importer of Holly Berrigan, based in Washington, DC, was also caught in the delay in the application for a wine label. This has affected the sales of their March wines because they have a lot of new producers and a lot of new wine labels.

In addition to the issue of wine labels, some importers have fallen into the deadlock of the US Department of Agriculture. The owner of organic organic wine importer Natural Merchants said they have two very important projects that require a chemical review by the US Department of Agriculture laboratory, but now they are told that it is impossible to detect sulphurous acid in new wines before the government re-runs. Salt content.

time is life. The beginning of 2019 is not good, but the next situation, no one knows, because Trump is a fickle guy.

Finally, in contrast, our domestic wine industry is welcoming a new spring, the success of the first China Expo, the opening of China’s opening to the market, China and Australia ushered in the era of zero tariffs, the implementation of new regulations for cross-border e-commerce Wait a minute, and under the policy of “One Road, One Belt”, China’s wine market is becoming more and more abundant. More and more foreign brands are optimistic about China and have begun to explore the Chinese market.

Shanghai is a gathering place for Chinese wine brands, with its economic capacity and consumption level at the top of the country. Shanghai International Wine & Spirits Exhibition (SuperWine) is one of the professional procurement fairs for China’s import and export liquor industry. It has been successfully held for dozens of times and has accumulated hundreds of thousands of outstanding domestic and foreign suppliers and buyers. Resources. In order to better establish a good platform for propaganda, display and cooperation for domestic and foreign liquor companies, the directors of Gaodeng Commercial and Liquor Department will be at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai) from May 29 to 31, 2019. The “20th Shanghai International Wine and Spirits Exhibition” was held. This exhibition aims to help domestic and foreign liquor companies to establish a good brand image, achieve corporate sales targets and expand the scale of the Chinese wine market.

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