TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Statement from Karissa Kruse, President of Sonoma County Winegrowers, Updated October 11, 2017
• Gundlach Bundschu founders home destroyed. Winery damage still secret
• California Fires: Damage Updates from Wineries
• Fire Wreaks Havoc in Mendocino County
• Ray Signorello vows to rebuild after devastating winery fire
• Industry seeks to reassure consumers as wine country burns
• Chateau St. Jean sustained only minor damage, Stags' Leap Winery and cellar door, including the Manor House, not damaged
• Updated: These 30 businesses have burned in the Wine Country wildfires
• California Fires: Damage Updates from Wineries
• Artifacts from historic Sonoma Mission removed as fire nears
• California wildfires kill 23 and create boiling river of wine as they burn through vineyards

• Mandatory evacuations for parts of Sonoma Valley, Calistoga, Geyserville
• Authorities extend evacuation of Calistoga; all residents ordered to leave
• Evacuation information for Sonoma County

• Napa and Sonoma County Fires: Employer Resources and Obligations
• State Farm releases initial claim numbers for Napa and Sonoma wildfires
• Wineries Impacted by California Wildfires May Request Compliance Extensions

• Live map of wildfires burning in Sonoma, Napa counties
• Frightening, surreal scenes of wildfires in California’s Wine Country, in 4 videos

• Napa wine industry assesses damage to wineries and grape crop
• How are the Sonoma and Napa fires affecting the wine harvest? An explainer
• Sonoma and Napa vintners scramble to protect wine as fires blaze

• Wine Country Fires: Yes, but how are the breweries?

• Did PG&E adequately maintain power lines before fires?
• Historic Fire Supression Has Unintentionally Worsened Wildfires, Researcher Suggests
• City of Napa trying to extinguish fake fire news
• Lodi Participating in Joint Wildfire Relief Efforts
• V. Sattui Winery, Castello di Amorosa to donate $100,000 for disaster relief
• The worst rumors about the Wine Country fires
• 3 key reasons explain how the massive firestorm in California became one of the worst in state history
• With climate change and sprawling property development, wildfires are here to stay
• Emergency alerts get scrutiny after deadly California wildfires in wine country
• Air tankers circle nonstop between Santa Rosa and Sacramento to fight wildfires

• The fires devastating California wine country have created the 'worst air quality ever recorded' — and it's about to get worse

• How to help: Volunteer, donate food, supplies, money to support Sonoma County fire victims
• California Wildfires: Ways to Help
• California Wine Country Fires – How To Help
• California Fires: How You Can Help

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Central Coast grower: wine grapes shaping up for average-size harvest
• For Lodi wine grape grower, about average yields, but good fruit quality

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