TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Stormclouds Gather over Champagne
• Exporters to benefit from fall in US excise taxes
• Sauternes 2017: Frost damage hits Barsac hardest
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• Napa Valley’s Theorem winery buys 23 Sonoma County vineyard acres
• Central Coast ranchers, growers provide input on 2018 federal farm bill
• Napa NIMBY Radicals’ Motives Exposed: Roll Back the Napa Wine Industry
• Wine’s Rise in the Orange County Dining Scene
• AAA offering 'Tipsy Tow' after Super Bowl to Napa drivers
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

• Wineries, brewery donate for fire relief
• Post-fire health survey now open to North Bay residents
• Changing the Narrative of the North Bay Fires

TAKING THE HIGH ROADS

• Marijuana mapped: the price of weed across the U.S.
• It’s high time for restaurants to pay attention to marijuana

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