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• Paradise Ridge Winery faces rebuild challenges after Santa Rosa fire
• State issues report on flaws in Sonoma County wildfire alerts
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• Napa's hopes for Miracle March rains should get good start
• ‘Cloud seeding’ may make it snow, but will it reduce droughts in the West?
• Californians Are Struggling to Pay for Rising Water Rates

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• Willamette Pioneer Winds Down
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• Australia’s Underdog Wine Region

• The Limitations of American Restaurants’ No-Tipping Experiment

• Alberta: With the wine war over, let's look at why B.C. doesn't buy our beer
• A.G. Should Investigate Suspicious N.H. Liquor Sales
• Virginia passes bill to allow dogs in wineries and breweries
• Some Yakima Valley businesses are thinking inside the box

• On a mission to vanquish viruses in vineyards
• Tips to Make the Most of Nitrogen Applications for Grapes

• NZ: Foley Family Wines returns to first-half profit
• Northern Territory to be first jurisdiction in Australia with minimum floor price on alcohol
• OZ: Silence of the Lambs - Sheep muzzled to protect grapes

• China to overtake UK wine market
• China: As domestic wine industry struggles, companies seek better quality, look overseas to upgrade

• Chile’s First Wine Hotel Is a Boozy, Sustainable Paradise

• The bender that began America: Bar tab shows framers celebrated a newly finished U.S. Constitution and a future president
• Man builds 'boyfriend' out of wine boxes

• New Belgium Brewing cuts 28 jobs amid US craft beer slowdown
• Bryan Davis: Has this California distiller unlocked the secret to rapidly aging spirits?
• CT: Distilleries could follow in brewery footsteps
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