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Afternoon Brief, March 10
Shoppers Willing to Pay Nearly 10% More for Sustainable Products: A global survey from PwC shows shoppers remain committed to sustainability, even as rising bills and inflation reshape spending habits...
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Afternoon Brief, October 6
Grower Referendum Vote Overwhelmingly Approves Continuation of Sonoma County Winegrape Commission: The California Department of Food & Agriculture has announced it has certified the votes on the referendum...
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Afternoon Brief, January 22
Ontario Threatens to Ban US Alcohol in Tit-for-Tat Response to Tariffs Threat: Premier Doug Ford has told the Liquor Board of Canada to clear US alcoholic drinks off retailers’ shelves if the tariff threat...
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Afternoon Brief, May 8th
Willamette Valley Wineries Hire Fire Litigation Lawyers to Investigate Suing Pacific Power for Grape and Wine Losses Arising from the 2020 Labor Day Fires: Today Willamette Valley Vineyards, Brigadoon...
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Afternoon Brief, September 21st
WineAmerica: What’s Wine Worth? $276 Billion: The 2022 Wine Industry Economic Study reveals the true, deep impact of the wine industry on the larger U.S. economy...
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Sonoma County Grape Growers, North Bay Water District & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Create Safe Harbor Agreement to Protect California Tiger Salamander 
SANTA ROSA, CA – July 26, 2022 – Sonoma Alliance for Vineyards and Environment (SAVE) is proud to announce an agreement among the local agricultural community of grape growers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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Afternoon Brief, July 26th
Cornell Partners with NYS to Fight the Spotted Lanternfly: The devastating spotted lanternfly's spread to upstate and western New York is not a matter of if, but when, experts say - and Cornell is a key...
Sonoma County Farm Bureau
Sonoma County Grape Growers, North Bay Water District & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Create Safe Harbor Agreement to Protect California Tiger Salamander 
SANTA ROSA, CA – July 26, 2022 – Sonoma Alliance for Vineyards and Environment (SAVE) is proud to announce an agreement among the local agricultural community of grape growers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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Sonoma County’s AG, Wine and Health Communities Have Vaccinated More Than 95% of Essential Vineyard and Wine Production Workers
California Secretary of Agriculture Salutes Program’s Success as it Nears 100% Vaccinations of Area’s 8,000 Vineyard and Production Workers SANTA ROSA, Calif.  (March 22, 2021) – Sonoma County...
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Afternoon Brief, December 3rd
Drizly Study of Independent Alcohol Retailers Points to Bullish Holiday Outlook: Drizly, the nation’s first and largest alcohol e-commerce marketplace, today released its second annual monitor of North...
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Afternoon Brief, September 18
Fires Leave 2020 Vintage in the Balance: Fire and pestilence mark it as the vintage from hell; will any wine be made this year?...
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Energy Security for Wineries Facing Public Safety Power Shutoff
Energy Security for Wineries Facing Public Safety Power Shutoff: With Public Safety Power Shut Off (PSPS) now part of the fire season in Wine Country, power outages are “the reality we’re living with,”...
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Afternoon Brief, March 23
With Tasting Rooms Closed, Napa's Wine Country Workforce Feels the Sting: As the economic ramifications of shuttered tasting rooms and a hobbled hospitality sector become clearer in Napa Valley, businesses...
Sonoma County Farm Bureau
Sonoma County Farmers Provide Local Food Source During COVID-19 Pandemic and Shelter in Place Order
SANTA ROSA, CA— Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Shelter in Place Order in Sonoma County, local farmers and ranchers are still providing a stable food source for our community.   While most of...
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Afternoon Brief, March 5
Making the Wine Industry Attractive to the Next Generation: How can wine attract a new generation of viticulturists, winemakers and data specialists? Andreas Clark, CEO of Wine Australia has some thou...
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Afternoon Brief, October 31
Firefighters Push Back Kincade Fire and Sonoma Vintners Begin to Return Home: In the early Wednesday afternoon, many of the tens of thousands of evacuated residents of Sonoma County got word that they...
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