TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Jay Heminway, Pioneering Zinfandel Specialist at Green & Red Vineyard, Dies at 79
• SLO County agriculture became a $1 billion business in 2018. Wine grapes the most valuable crop
• Consumer Intelligence Overarching Theme of Interest at Wine Business Institute Research Summit
• Fetzer Vineyards Details Its Regenerative Development Progress
• Scheid Family Wines Reports First Quarter Results
• Outlook for Napa Valley wine business, fire preparedness to highlight Aug. 20 conference
• In Sonoma, change is relative
• Napa Valley Wine Train wants to build 55 employee apartments to support hotel project
• Wine Buyer's Expectations and How to Exceed Them *Sponsored Link*

• Sobering up: In an alcohol-soaked nation, more seek booze-free social spaces
• Being a sober mom in the middle of a wine mom culture is isolating
• Doing these five things could decrease your risk of Alzheimer's by 60 percent, new study shows
• Why The Founder Of Kin Euphorics Wants Us To Replace Booze With Bliss

• California Utilities Get $21 Billion Backstop in Newsom Win
• PG&E made big plans to reduce wildfire risk. Here’s its progress so far
• PG&E ignored repairs on aging power lines

• Alcohol Consumption Drops With Cannabis Legalization Abound
• What Do Santa Barbara County Supervisors Get from the Cannabis Industry?
• Transform Your Private Label and Bulk Business. *Sponsored Link*

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• Amazon Prime Day shows how important commerce revenue is getting for publishers
• Oracle is joining Amazon and Uber in the race to digitize the 'antiquated' $800 billion trucking industry
• Meet the best and the biggest bulk wine, bulk spirits and private label suppliers at IBWSS SF on July 23-24.*Sponsored Link*

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• From fire to wine: A lifetime of experiences leads family to winemaking

• Why UNESCO's New Wine World Heritage Site Is Controversial

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• Dean & DeLuca’s future is bleak. But when it opened it was a game-changer

• Tenn. wine board looks to promote industry
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• Bordeaux Evolves, sort of
• Winetraders appoints Simon Chant as commercial associate
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• OZ: Vinomofo targets ‘office drinks’

• Lafite Raises its Chinese Standard
• Long Dai and prosper?: On Lafite’s new Chinese winery name

• Revisiting the Bourbon Boom
• Craft malt movement adds ‘Carolina flavor’ to area breweries
• Carolina lawmakers frown on ‘Polygamy’ beer