TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Napa County scales back Maxville Lake Winery growth requests
• WINE WOMEN Hosts “Holistic Marketing,” on September 26th at Kivelstadt Cellars in Glen Ellen

• Snell Fire reaches 2,400 acres, evacuation shelter opens in Calistoga
• Wildfires have charred more than 1 million acres in California this year, and fire season is far from over
• Wildfires make their own weather, and that matters for fire management
• Smoky summers may taint wine, but WSU researcher sheds light on problem

• Marijuana use among baby boomers is on the rise
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

• To Slay Surging Online Sales, Amazon Uber-Izes Last-Mile Delivery With A Fleet Of Drivers And 20,000 Mercedes-Benz Vans

• Water storage successes, failures, and challenges from Proposition 1

CONSUMER SALES: DTC, ON- & OFF-PREMISE

• US start-up Drinks raises $15m to expand its wine delivery platform

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• Emerging American Wine Regions: Part 2
• Les Bessards, Le Méal, and L'Hermite: The top climats in Northern Rhône's Hermitage AOC
• In Georgia, wine is a centuries-old tradition that has brought new appeal to the republic

• International Partnerships for Wine Education
• Record number of new American MSs

• UNWTO Hails Wine Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development

• Restaurant sales growth in August the best in three years

• Virginia Tech's GeoVine uses data to grow Virginia wine
• 'California's got nothing' on Iowa's growing wine scene

• Alcohol is one of the fastest-growing retail products when it comes to fairtrade

• Scale effect of viticultural zoning: effect of macro-terroir and basic terroir unit in Chianti Classico D.O.C.G. (Italy)

• UK: Middle-aged drinkers urged to have two days off alcohol each week
• Wales gains ground with wine support

• China's domestic wine market benefits from foreign know-how, yields promising vintages