TODAY'S TOP NEWS

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• California wines only 64% of US market
• Tiny Suisun Valley and Behemouth E.J. Gallo
• The World's Largest Wine Market Stays Thirsty
• Swapping First Growth Bordeaux For Napa
• Record 940,000 acres of Calif almonds in 2013

• Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America's Fresh Waters *Sponsored Link*

• Water need brings farmers and ag workers closer
• California drought: Jobs, money dry up in farm towns
• A cheat sheet on the California drought
• Drought spans all of California for first time in 15 years
• Rain eases fears of new Dust Bowl

• Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective *Sponsored Link*

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• News update on 1855 – the frauds appear to continue
• US reasserts itself at Sotheby’s sale
• Figeac Prices 2013 Wine in Line With 2012 as Langoa Cuts
• Bordeaux negociants discount badly-priced 2013 wines
• Bordeaux 2013: Cheval Blanc releases at 2008 price

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• Feds back off, wine growlers are legal again in Oregon
• Feds suspend wine jug rule that angered Oregon lawmakers, growers
• TTB Growler Statement

• Menopausal women: target for new US wine brand
• Gonzalez Byass Takes Charge Of U.S. Portfolio

• Understand the Retailer, their Market and their Buyers *Sponsored Link*

• Three Lessons Of Luxury Branding From Italian Wines

• Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come *Sponsored Link*

• Should you outsource ecommerce fulfillment?
• Blackboxx helps winemakers transcend bounderies and protectionism
• Twitter’s redesign: 3 ways to highlight the new you

• Wine Marketing Online: How to use the newest tools of marketing to boost profits and build brands *Sponsored Link*

• Be Prepared: The Job Pre-interview Checklist
• Want a Job in the Wine Biz? Advice from Somm, DLynn Proctor

• How to Launch your Wine Career: Dream Jobs in America's Hottest Industry *Sponsored Link*

• 6 Tips for Designing Killer Infographics

• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

• Why Cabernet is King in America, & why that may change
• Little Italy: Washington Sangiovese comes into its own
• Seattle, Land of the Serious Sommeliers
• Old Wines for Young Sommeliers
• MW symposium attendees to get first taste of Chianti top tier
• Like wines, vines get better with age
• Successful California red wine blends

• Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor *Sponsored Link*

• Terry Bates, winner of the first ASEV Extension Distinction Award

• AZ: Wineries that don't make wine could lose their license

• Beyond Jefferson's Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

• UK on track to cut 1 billion drinks by 2015
• Germany’s Wine Revolution Is Just Getting Started
• The future of Château Figeac
• Bargain Booze owner in talks to buy rival stores

• Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State*Sponsored Link*

• Wine imports to Chongqing slide in first quarter 2014
• Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine's Q1 net profit down 19.8 pct

• Thirst for Wine - Inside China's Wine Industry: The Success Factors of Marketing Wine in China *Sponsored Link*

• How to find dependable cheap wine

• Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country and Paris *Sponsored Link*

• Scientists hope to stop counterfeit olive oil with magnetic DNA labels
• DNA nanoparticles could ensure extra virgin olive oil really is extra virgin

• Olive Oil: From Tree to Table *Sponsored Link*

• BrewDog opens school for next generation of brewers
• Osama ‘beer’ Laden pulls pints in Brazil
• Brewer reveals secret to not getting drunk

• The Craft Beer Revolution: How a Band of Microbrewers Is Transforming the World's Favorite Drink *Sponsored Link*
• An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables *Sponsored Link*

• Czech Brewing Company to Boost Global Economy (Really? All by itself? Wow!)