Winery CFOs Talk COVID, Channel Shifting and Planning for the Future

Dear Client:   The pandemic has created some unique financial challenges this year, to say the least. A panel of cfos at the recent Wine Industry Financial Symposium discussed their early reactions to COVID, channel shifting, handling furloughs/layoffs, and how they're thinking about a post-COVID environment. The panel included: Cory Brown, cfo of Washington-based Long Shadows; Chris Millich, cfo of Napa-based Folio Fine Wine partners; and Kandis Schulz, cfo of Napa-based Peju Winery.  EARLY DAYS OF COVID. Kandis said she