TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached
• More California winemakers using less water to grow grapes
• Millions of dollars in California fire-prevention money goes unspent
• Meth labs flourish in ‘dry’ counties
• Ad blocking: A self-inflicted wound by advertisers who continue to abuse web visitors
• Emergency Drought Barrier Removal Underway in Delta
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• EU urged to launch trade talks with TPP countries, starting with New Zealand

• Recent Rainfall Impacts VA Red Grape Harvests
• Arkansas wine makers: Grape harvest best in years
• Prosecco producer praises ‘quality’ vintage

• Napa Planners look at fast-tracking small wineries
• Wine industry should unionize
• New California AVAs to know about
• Amador’s old vines survive drought, fires with unique vintage
• How to Help Lake County After the Fire
• Negotiations are best path forward with Lytton tribe
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• Interior Issues Briefing Document Regarding Westlands Drainage Settlement Agreement (PDF)
• Landowners, grape growers, government and others partner to protect juvenile coho in the Russian River watershed
• As farms await rain, Rough Fire impact looms
• Forget Mars. Why don't we spend money to find water in California?
• Marijuana growers are new drought target
• The Banana Republic of California

• Five recommendations for marketing food and drink to millennials
• Giving wine club users a choice: The pros and cons
• Once more about wine clubs: Wine Insiders
• Tips to Developing Successful In-Store Wine Tasting Programs
• How to Manage Cash Flow to Expand your Winery, Distillery or Brewery’s Distribution. *Sponsored Link*

• Ball receives warning Rexam deal may increase price of aluminium cans and bottles

• Days of wine and digital at the DWCC

• LinkedIn Settles Lawsuit, Will Pay $13 Million For Sending Users Too Many Emails
• Measuring the ROI of your social media campaign
• Brands that message more, sell more
• Video ads, Flash & scripts punish mobile users’ time and budgets
• I Do Not Want Your Stupid App

• Bitcoin flounders in Australia as regulatory worries bite

• Wine and Words in Three Volumes
• Writing a new book: time to do some research
• Rejected Entries for "The Oxford Companion to Wine"

• The Total And Profound Illogic Of Relegating Champagne To “Occasions”
• Wine Dregs & Sediment: What’s In The Bottom Of My Glass?
• Biodynamic wines: A taste of freshness among the philosophies
• Your cabernet smells like cabbage. Can it be saved?
• Understanding Kosher Wine
• Orange Wine Looks Like Pee But Tastes Like Magic
• Baseball and the wine vintage: promises of hope
• How to separate the wine aficionados from the novices? Riesling
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• Charles Smith Likes It in Seattle
• Robert Bohr of Charlie Bird (podcast)
• Gavin Newsom on wine, politics, his PlumpJack portfolio, San Francisco, Oakland, hair, and much more

• Indiana wine validated under federal designation
• Why the hype about Virginia wine?
• Rabbis keep watch over grape juice production in Washington

• NZ: Wine sensory room to open at NMIT

• Taking the Water Out of Winemaking
• Device helps take guesswork out of harvest

• Sauternes high speed rail: 11th hour bid to block plan
• Why aren't you drinking Spanish wine?
• German Wines Come Together to Mark Reunification

• Hopes new weather stations for Canberra's wine region will reduce disease
• Ex-Pernod Ricard wine boss Atkinson joins Aussie wine producer

• China Wine Rally Puts Spotlight on Overseas Producers
• Wine in China on our minds

• South African wine board approves regulatory reforms
• Senegal makes first wines

CRAFT BEVERAGES: BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

Today’s Craft Beverage Insights News has 67 new links including the following top headlines:

• Legislative change benefiting the craft beer industry in CA
• Washington Brewers Guild Hires a New Executive Director
• College Students Want More Beer (Classes)
• How Game of Thrones Saved the World's Oldest Drink
• On Beer Pricing
• Beer still ‘perceived as a man’s drink’

Get all today's news at Craft Beverage Insights here.