TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• California’s Renegade Winemakers Are Pouring Weird, Wonderful Wines
• Burning pickup in Windsor vineyard reveals body
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• Cannabis Cures, Wine Kills…Right?
• Meet the Napa Valley Cannabis Association
• 90 cannabis farms are blatantly ignoring the ban in California Valley, SLO County says
• California pot growers lagging in getting licenses
• Why California’s cannabis growers are staying in the shadows
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• Amazon’s Prime Rewards Visa cardholders now get 5% back at Whole Foods if they pay for Prime

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• As Fire Risk Explodes Across the West, an Oregon City Finds a Solution

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• Washington Wine Industry Foundation raises $160,000
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• Middle Tennessee State University Offering Fermentation Science Degree

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• UK: Vindependents loses two founder members
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• Chapel Down announces appointment of director

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• Argentina to create 40 new wine 'ambassadors' for the country

• South Africa: Wine producers struggle, but structural shift underway
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• UK report: Spirits ‘benefitting’ from low-alcohol trend