TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Gov. Brown declares state of emergency for California wildfires
• Winery Briefly Evacuated Due to Fire
• Trade talks hit snag over pharmaceutical, ag issues
• US the ‘most attractive’ wine market
• Firestorm grows near Clear Lake; 12,000 ordered from homes
• European Consumer Confidence Reaches Highest Regional Score In Five Years
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• Firefighter killed at California wildfire
• Rocky fire in Lake County 'dramatic, unpredictable' as growth continues
• Rutherford Wine Company Purchases Vineyards in the Carneros Appellation
• Settlement requires EIR for Sonoma Mountain Road winery project
• A modest proposal on Napa Valley wine industry
• Must see Sonoma wine industry cumulative impact
• Lindsay Hoopes leaves homicide prosecutor's office to take over family winery
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• Trickle-down politics: Drought could force real change among city, state leaders
• As The West Craves Drought Relief, El Nino May Do More Harm Than Good
• State must do more to protect the Delta
• Fixing the imbalance in access to water
• Hop output to increase despite drought
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• Wine Color Decoded
• Terroir, what’s the big deal?
• Dirt, Time and Terroir
• Breaking Down Wine Additives
• Evolution in the Alsace Terroir Debate, and Hugel's Schoelhammer Revolution
• The beauty of blending in wine making
• Riedel me this
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• Tasmania’s Duffy duo
• Leonardo LoCascio of Winebow (podcast)

• Savoring the good life in Spain's Sherry Triangle
• 48 hours in Pokolbin in the Hunter valley, OZ: where to eat and drink
• The Wines Of Picturesque Santorini
• 11 pro tips for planning your next visit to wine country

• Massachusetts: Thousands Of Gallons Of Wine Destroyed In Charlton Winery Fire
• Oregon: Ken Wright renews association with Panther Creek Cellars
• Idaho's wine industry gears up for launch of pending AVA
• Here’s to the grape growers of the Puget Sound AVA
• Wine industry takes root, grows in Nevada
• Oregon bottle deposit hike likely as redemption falls
• Chankaska Creek winery a Minnesota discovery

• Figuring out how to make tastier wines using fewer pesticides
• Control of Pierce's Disease by Phage

• Italy and their Wine Debt to France
• UK: Moody’s warns grocery sector of threat from rising minimum wage
• Jacky Blot and François Chidaine squeezed out of Vouvray – an update
• Roederer opens private vineyard nursery
• Chianti Classico launches app

• Hunter Valley vignerons celebrate AGL's exit from wine country
• Barossa capitalises on Taiwan market
• Canberra wine district reaps the fruits of labour despite national challenges
• Jim Barry and the power of VETO
• This wine entrepreneur is disrupting the wholesale alcohol market in Australia

• Hong Kong’s Rise as Asia’s Wine Cellar
• Indian grape growers ask government to provide financial aid within a week
• Chinese Distillers Accused of Spiking Alcohol With Viagra

• South African Wine Firm Moots EAC Sales

• The Olympic Marathon Runner Who Drank His Way To A Gold Medal
• How to saber a bottle of champagne with an iPhone

• How olive oil explains Greece’s problems

• Koch on Boston's Foreign Future; Craft Act Gains Sponsors
• A Legal Guide to Opening a Brewery
• The Granddaddy of Cider Summits is Coming
• Weighing in on Women and Beer
• 2015 Great American Beer Festival Export Seminars
• Priming Sugar Alternatives
• Idaho brewery forced to change name of flagship beer
• Are Pa. beer distributors unable to tap full potential of craft beer surge?
• College weighs brewing program
• Behind the Bar with Brewery Beertenders

Source: Gallup: July 27, 2015