#US #Treasury is challenging a #tax break for #wine #importers that stems from what it characterizes as an error made in a #SanFrancisco #customs office in 2004 winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

.WineSocial Book of the Week: Postmodern #Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern #Science of an #Ancient Craft by Clark Smith amzn.to/2vxQgTl #wine

Have #US #wine #consumers gotten lazy? cathyhuyghe takes a hard look at this, through the lens of #Australian wine winesocial.co/news/reports-a… via WineSocial

#WineCountry is bracing itself once again as #fire season is already in full swing, with #California off to its worst start in nearly a decade, with 3,770 fires this year, according to CAL FIRE Mendocino #wine winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

The effects of recent #global #wine #mergers & #acquisitions on the #industry are highlighted in a recent @RabobankGroup report, that also claims the #US is the largest, most profitable, and most attractive wine market in the world winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

Researchers at #France's Institute of #Agronomical #Research @Inra_France recently received permission to grow 4 #grape varieties that are #genetically resistant to mildew rot, eliminating much of the need for #pesticides. #wine winesocial.co/news/wines/937… via WineSocial

#Colorado's #Urban #Wine Scene is starting to grow, up 15% every year since 1992, that includes @Infinite_Chimp, Carboy Winery, Bigsby's Folly, and Balistreri Vineyards where it all began winesocial.co/news/hospitali… via @WineSocial

.WineSocial Book of the Week: #Wine and #War: The #French, the Nazis, and the Battle for #France's Greatest Treasure by Donald and Petie Kladstrup amzn.to/2vAtpGT

#China's thirst for #wine is outpacing the rest of the #world, expected to become the world’s 2nd-largest wine #market by 2020, being driven largely by #eCommerce winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

Due to a hot summer the #French #wine #harvest has come early leading to a lack of temporary workers. #Alsace #France winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

The cream of #California's crop is increasingly attracting #wine collectors from outside the #US, according to #finewine #trading platform Liv-ex, which launched a US-specific index recently winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

#LakeCounty #wineries are taking stock after a brush with the largest #wildfire in #California history, which is currently 69% contained. #wine #US winesocial.co/news/reports-a… via WineSocial

#California's ongoing worst #wildfires ever will not affect the 2018 #vintage, which is now in tanks and barrels. #wine #USA #MalibuFire winesocial.co/news/reports-a… via WineSocial

The winners of the 2018 #Australian Women in #Wine Awards #AWIWA were revealed at the awards ceremony in #Sydney last week, the largest ever gathering of Australian #WomenInWine. #wineindustry #news winesocial.co/news/industry-… via WineSocial

Happy holidays and a prosperous New Year from all of us WineSocial. We'll have some exciting new features coming to the winesocial platform in 2019!

Caracol designed, tested and is now producing reusable and #sustainable protective #masks with interchangeable #antiviral and #antibacterial filters, that will be DONATED to #doctors, #nurses and every one on the frontlines fighting to save lives #RT gofundme.com/f/3d-printed-a…

Global #startups, as the most dynamic part of our economy need support. #vc #business #startup #SupportSmallBusinesses

Amazing! now #global #startups can #incorporate and manage their accounting needs without moving from their countries, and with personalized service! #covid #venture #startup #international #expansion

This was an honestly amazing conversation and I am honored to be part of it, together with Donald S. Pollard. Inspirational #leaders like Karim Fugel are really helping in reshaping the #startup #ecosystem.

What's so damn difficult to understand that failing our planet means failing our future?? 39 States #Failed to Submit #Pollution Reduction Plans to the U.S. EPA #planet #future #environment #climate npca.org/articles/3066-…