TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Larkmead Vineyards to Plant Viticultural Research Block in Napa Valley
• Central Coast Wine Region Fueling Tourism, Jobs and Economic Vitality
• Adobe Road Winery hosts demolition party at future Petaluma riverfront site
• Sonoma: Rudd Winery pulls out of permit appeal
• White wine emoji thwarted again, Kendall-Jackson vows to continue the fight
• Williams Selyem, king of Sonoma County pinot noir winemakers, sticks to its business roots
• How Wineries Can Work With The New Breed Of Wine Shops *Sponsored Link*
• Wine Buyer's Expectations and How to Exceed Them *Sponsored Link*

• MDMA treatment for alcoholism could reduce relapse, study suggests
• Bootleg alcohol is an insidious international threat, and one expert says it's especially dangerous when it's slipped into a legitimate supply chain

• PG&E to Face California Jury Over Billions in Tubbs Fire Damages

• CannTrust says Ontario Cannabis Store to return C$2.9 million of its weed
• SLO sheriff deputies seize about $20 million of illegal marijuana
• Buzzy cannabis-delivery startup Eaze is looking to raise a new round, Credit Suisse gets in on cannabis
• Five Succinct Questions With Michael Steinmetz- Founder: Flow Kana
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DROUGHT/WATER

• Surviving the Next Drought: It’s Political in California’s Central Valley
• In bid to clean Russian River, water regulators adopt strict plan for Sonoma County septic systems
• Can Water Agencies Work Together Sustainably? – Lessons from Metropolitan Planning

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• Momotaro’s DeAnn Wong Believes There’s ‘No Wrong Time for Two Buck Chuck’
• Q&A with Romain Bourger, 2019 UK Sommelier of the Year
• Looking ahead: Simon Robinson, chairman of Wine GB and owner of Hattingley Valley

• Views from a Sicilian winery owner: Diego Cusumano
• Views from an Italian winery owner: Villa Matilde

• Five new Master Sommeliers named

• The coca wine fad: a brief history

• Can the New York State Liquor Authority cap delivery fees at 10%?

• Sales of craft beer will fund WSU scholarships in wine and beverage management
• Reaction: Plumpton College course branded ‘mickey mouse’

• Exploring the diversity of a collection of native non-Saccharomyces yeasts to develop co-starter cultures for winemaking
• NZ: Researcher leading charge on how grape growers can control trunk disease
• Luxembourg winegrower blazes trail using drone to spray hilly vineyard
• PerCarb Fungicide Gets Nod for Specialty Crops in California

• UK: Berry Bros CFO departs

• New world record set for Japanese whisky
• US brewery receives death threats over nuclear test site beer
• Vaporised vodka balloon trend hits UK nightclubs