TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Napa supervisors to hear Caldwell winery appeal
• Fetzer Vineyards picks Peachey to lead new fine-wine division
• Cal Poly: New Wine and Viticulture Center will break ground soon, open in 2020
• EMBRAZEN Wines Awards $25,000 To Tia Nayar
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• Tackling Smoke Taint: Part 1 of 3

• 2 Mendocino County cannabis business groups merge
• New Study Examines Cannabis Opportunities in Foodservice
• Searching 'Dispensary Near Me': What Dispensaries Need to Know About SEO

• Amazon walks back vendor purge as sellers look to reduce dependence on the platform
• Amazon reportedly nixes its price parity requirement for third-party sellers in the U.S.
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• A wet winter will likely lead to a whale of a year for hydro in California
• Trump Administration Shortcuts Science To Give California Farmers More Water
• The US Is Only Decades Away From Widespread Water Shortages, Scientists Warn
• With few ‘gully washers’ or major flooding, the Central Coast rain season has been ideal
• DWR set to appeal Oroville funding denials

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Al Gore tells wine industry to act on ‘global emergency’ of climate change
• Climate change leaving Beaujolais in fear of being priced out of the market by cereal and milk
• Climate and Wine
• Ag must adapt to climate

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• Surrey Hills vineyards join forces to form ‘English wine region’
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• WW1 wine to be salvaged from UK shipwreck

• Red the rooster keeps the bugs at bay in a Tasmanian vineyard and his reward is red wine grapes

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• Stellenbosch wine farm land grab shows people are not waiting for reform
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