Dtc boom follows COVID doom and gloom

摘要

The aftereffects of last summer's hushfires and wafting smoke notwithstanding, the Australian wine industry has, for the most part, operated with business as usual throughout this year: winegrapes were harvested and vintage 2020 wines have been made.While social distancing and other 'COVID-safe' measures may have been implemented, vineyard and winery workers carried on relatively normally to get the job done as many other industries were forced into business-damaging shutdowns. But there was one area of wine businesses that has also suffered considerably from pandemic restrictions, although to varying degrees depending on state and region: cellar doors.