TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• On-Premise Wine & Beer Sales Fall
• Grand Marnier Said to Explore Company Sale
• New Today From CDC: 1 or 2 drinks day = "heavy drinking," cutbacks needed
• Domaine Carneros Sued Over La Terre Promise Name
• SJ Valley Growers Pessimistic About Grapes
• Specialty Crop Grants Boost Ag Studies in Western States
• USDA announces 2015 Market Access Program funding
• UK: 18,000 bottles of perfectly good wine poured down the drain
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• Fresno immigrants, experts react to Obama’s executive action plan
• Obama: Plan will shield 250,000 farmworkers
• The Economist: The border is not the problem
• Central Valley undocumented immigrants see hope in Obama action

• 2014 Vintage Report: Italy Wine Harvest
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• Napa Winemakers Argue Over the Valley's Visual Image
• Sonoma County Smacks Down Bella Vineyards
• Napa approves Robert Foley Angwin winery expansion
• California farmers, EPA agree to pesticide restrictions
• High table grape prices could go higher
• California Labor Commissioner Issues Required Postings for New Paid Sick Leave Law
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• Sobriety trend to harm wine sales
• CDC: Are you a heavy drinker? You'd be surprised

• Cornell’s Ag Economic Outlook Conference will be Dec. 9
• Wine Vision 2014 in Pictures
• Trade Show & Event Marketing *Sponsored Link*

• Damien Wilson on why wine bloggers are an endangered species
• Wark Pondering The End of Fermentations?
• Wine Marketing & Sales, 2nd Edition *Sponsored Link*

• Is There a Solution to Bottle Variation?
• Pirate Wines Are Better Than Natural Wines
• Reviving Lesser-Known Varietals
• Wine Criticism Serendipity
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

• Zinfandel, The Only American Wine Grape

• Interview: Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi CEO
• Q&A with Angelo Gaja
• Q&A: Adam Mason, Mulderbosch
• The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

Social Media Not So Hot For Customer Service

Source: American Express via eMarketer

TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

An astonishing taste like nothing else. Made from orange blossom honey. Soft orange and honey flavors balanced by some solid acids to keep this refreshing and light, not heavy or cloying. I'm a big Rhone red lover, but found this really enjoyable. $40 from the Honey Wine Company, Clarksburg, CA.

 REVIEW POLICY:

For winery tasting samples, gifts from friends or family or samplings at a party or event, review it truthfully, but only if I like it. If I have paid my own very-hard-earned money on a bottle, the gloves are off and it gets what it deserves ... whether perfect or puerile.