Wine in a Coronavirus World

It’s funny what some countries have as a priority to what is considered an essential service with the French its business as usual in terms of their wine industry staying open, but that is classic French we should expect no less. But it’s not all good news with the likes of Bordeaux en-primeur being cancelled, Bernard Farges, president of the Bordeaux Wine Bureau (CIVB), has said that the French wine industry is ‘watching our Italian friends closely’, who are a few weeks further on in this situation, and we see that vineyard work continues; as do deliveries, even if more slowly and with many precautions in place.
He added, ‘We are lucky to make a product that is non-perishable, that we can stock. That won’t save us but it will allow us to be reactive when the situation improves. And we can be certain that when this has passed, we will want to spend time celebrating with our friends and family more than ever.’
Australians are also following suit with keeping their bottle shops open, but there industry relies tremendously on the export market, now this is going to struggle due to the Chinese not being able to import. This on top of the fires and floods, it is going to be a very hard year for the guys down under.
While national deliveries and on-trade consumption is dwindling, Italian wineries are still exporting produce despite some delays. How long this will last is difficult to say, as much depends on the domino effect of the closure of restaurants, pubs, shops which is happening from country to country.
The wine industry has been cleared to operate as an essential service, as New Zealand moves into coronavirus lockdown, allowing Marlborough's grape harvest to continue.
In the latest news of the wine merchants closing their doors to the public in the UK we at least have some good news with being able to do Nationwide Deliveries by visiting our website www.cavavin.co.uk