TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Oakville vintner Linda Neal joins Peace Corps, heads to Morocco
• Small private college in NM abandons ‘prestige’ tuition pricing, thanks in part to $50 million pledge from Warren and Barbara Winiarksi

• Greater containment reported on Snell Fire in Napa County
• B.C. Wineries Testing for Smoke Taint
• Azari Vineyards organizes a different kind of fundraiser for fire victims

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• 'It's going to be really exciting to see this new category develop' Cannabis players Vertical and Form Factory look to new product launches
• Longtime Tobacco Supplier Sees the Future in Cannabis
• Cannabis Drinks Expo Launched By Beverage Trade Network will bring the global Cannabis drinks industry into one roof. Get more information here. *Sponsored Link*

• Amazon Business On Track To Hit $25B By 2021, Analyst Estimates

DROUGHT/WATER

• The groundwater manager’s dilemma: How to comply with new California law without changing water rights

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• Don Panoz, a serial entrepreneur who helped build Georgia’s wine-making industry, has died
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• Carolina Farmers Brace to Face Down Hurricane Florence
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• Growers try carbon farming to help combat climate change

• Bad invasive bug hitchhikes to NY from Pennsylvania

• Greek high court removes 'unbearable' and 'unjust' wine tax
• Vignerons de Tutiac and the Vignerons d’Uni-Médoc join forces in strategic alliance
• Soave’s Consozio sets the course for its 2,500 producers
• Bordeaux wines showcase their biodiversity

• What’s in a name? A look into awareness of Australia’s wine producing regions

• China passes first law against fake goods sold online
• China: Pigeon Hills symbolizes new shift for Ningxia

• South African wine: Pay more or the industry gets it

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