TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Napa Valley tourist visits near 4 million, spending tops $2 billion in 2018
• Judy Jordan’s next act: helping young women in Sonoma County achieve their dreams
• UGH! Another required compliance report! Napa County now wants a new one EVERY YEAR for your use permit! Click now to learn how to deal with that. *Sponsored Link*

• PG&E to Napans: Plan for power shutdowns this fire season

• The Stoned Tourist: Weed-Themed Travel Companies Explode in Canada
• Weed tourism is the new wine tasting in California
• Amateur Investors are Bullish About Cannabis. That Has the Pros a Little Worried.
• Federal agency to offer updated guidance on hemp ingredients in wine, beer
• Transform Your Private Label and Bulk Business. *Sponsored Link*

• Why Amazon's Willing to Spend Billions on Next-Day Shipping
• The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
• Target wants to build a media business to rival Amazon
• Meet the best and the biggest bulk wine, bulk spirits and private label suppliers at IBWSS SF on July 23-24.*Sponsored Link*

• Delta twin tunnels revamp: One eyed-monster is still a monster
• The California Water Model: Resilience through Failure
• Experts tell how water availability affects land values

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Organic Wine's Deadly Carbon Footprint
• Organic wine sales increasing
• The Business of Sustainability (podcast)

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• From the Cellar to the Cloud: Evolving technology keeps beverage producers in touch with their fermentations.

• Is the French wine industry being banned access to the copper smoothing it had secured?
• Norfolk could make a better sparkling wine than Champagne, says owner of expanding Chet Valley vineyard

• OZ: Geelong digital marketing guru Dave Chaffey hits wine app milestone

• Key China wine trends explained

• On the Island of Lost Master Sommeliers (satire)

• Is Australian Single Malt The Next Japanese Whisky?