TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Heitz Will Split Itself to Return to Its (Vineyard) Roots
• St. Helena’s Dean & DeLuca store closes
• American Canyon bans Roundup from city-owned lands
• Not a Stranger in a Strange Land: The map of Chris Carpenter’s wine world reads more like an atlas
• California’s Non-Cabernet Sauvignon legacy
• Leo Tellez joins Ackerman Family Vineyards
• There's a 96% chance that up to 8 more earthquakes could shake Southern California, officials warn, after two major incidents
• Recent earthquakes don’t suggest the Big One is imminent, experts say
• California Almond: USDA Forecasts 2019 Crop Down 3.5%
• Wine Buyer's Expectations and How to Exceed Them *Sponsored Link*

• Canopy's Bruce Linton blames firing on Constellation Brands
• Marijuana, Reefer, Weed? What to call the new cash crop?
• CannTrust's stock tumbles after facility found non-compliant, cannabis inventory held
• Illinois Has Legalized but What's Going on In New York and New Jersey?
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• Walmart lagging far behind Amazon in e-commerce, with predictions the grocery giant is set to lose $1bn in 2019
• Meet the best and the biggest bulk wine, bulk spirits and private label suppliers at IBWSS SF on July 23-24.*Sponsored Link*

• Challenges and opportunities for integrating small and rural drinking water stakeholders in SGMA implementation
• The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
• Closer to Extinction: Spring Delta smelt surveys reveal record low numbers of fish

• Women who give up alcohol have better mental health, study finds
• Wine Index of Salubrity and Health (WISH): an evidence-based instrument to evaluate the impact of good wine on well-being (PDF)
• Counterfeit alcohol, sometimes containing jet fuel or embalming fluid, is a growing concern for tourists abroad
• Staying mentally flexible

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Climate Change Begets Changing "Terroir," And Winegrowers Respond
• Is your wine bottle lighter? That’s one way wineries are cutting their energy use.
• Climate change means more pesticides in your wine

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• Prosecco appointed UNESCO World Heritage status
• Pichon Comtesse: A Rose by Any Other Name

• Is the end nigh for food criticism?
• Restaurants have grown irritatingly loud. What has that done to our taste?

• Research continues on best ways to turn Arkansas grapes into wine

• Grapevine Red Blotch Virus May Reduce Carbon Translocation Leading to Impaired Grape Berry Ripening
• Innovative technology using staves and micro-oxygenation and its impact on the phenolic composition and colour of the aged wine spirit
• Largest Winter Honey Bee Die-Off in the Books

• UK: Red Squirrel and Knotted Vine merge
• BIVB names new director of Cité des Vins et des Climats de Bourgogne
• Saget La Perrière completely revamps its head office in Pouilly-sur-Loire
• Veuve Clicquot tap Mariotti to replace Demarville as cellar master
• Le Naour takes helm at CA Grands Crus
• Armagnac bureau appoints new president

• OZ: Vineyard values expected to grow as transactions increase
• New chief winemaker raises a glass to Queensland's grape expectations
• OZ: Woolworths to pull out of alcoholic drinks sector
• A levy payer register to be established for the Australian grape and wine sector
• What’s hot and not in Australian wine now

• How wine apps are taking over the Chinese market
• Japanese fund invests in leading Chinese distributor
• India's Impact on Wine Searches
• India: Vineyards Of Hope Amid Marathwada Drought

• A.A. Gill and plate and glass apartheid

• Are we at peak gin? A British company's shock share drop is sparking worries of booze saturation
• The Good Earth: Can terroir translate beyond wine?
• The rise of no and low ABV drinks is boosting the premium mixer market