TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Bordeaux counts cost of frost for 2017 vintage, sees 40% drop in harvest
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• Reform of the USA excise tax has cut costs for foreign wine producers
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• Direct-to-consumer wine sales growing in Lodi
• Sonoma, Napa hotel operator Four Sisters Inns group sold
• Fair Play in El Dorado County is a wine secret on the cusp of discovery
• What makes Lodi Zinfandel different? Conversation with Mike McCay
• In wake of Sapporo beer deal, Anchor Distilling rechristened as Hotaling & Co.
• Distributor: Mendocino Brewing Co. stops production
• California is collecting so much of your money it can’t save it all
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• Wine country wildfires: A resident winemaker’s update
• How former US ambassador’s winery survived the California wildfires
• Santa Barbara tourism officials wrestle with promoting the region after disaster

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• San Francisco plans to wipe out thousands of marijuana convictions

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