November, 07, 2012 Making Wine: The Use of Enzymes in Modern Winemaking

(PalatePress) - Enzymes are a natural and fundamental element of the winemaking process. Nowadays, they are also a commercial product found in many wineries, another utility in a winemaker’s toolkit. They have the potential to make more extracted and more aromatic wines and to accelerate the win...

November, 06, 2012 US: California's Prop. 37 food labeling initiative trailing badly

(LATimes) - Proposition 37, the genetically engineered food labeling initiative, was trailing badly late on election day. With just over a fifth of the statewide votes counted, the measure was losing with 42.7% yes to 57.3% no. It was polling strongly ahead five weeks ago but fell steadily in ...

November, 06, 2012 US: President Barack Obama Wins Re-Election

(People) - Barack Obama, who swept to historic victory in the U.S. presidential race four years ago, held on to his job Tuesday. His victory came in a much more tightly contested election against Mitt Romney – earning four more years in the White House and vowing to usher in a brighter future ...

November, 06, 2012 US: How Prepared Were Eastern Wineries?

(Wines&Vines) - Staff at wineries in the East Coast readied their facilities as best they could in the face of Hurricane Sandy but some wineries still received damage and Red Hook Winery in Brooklyn was devastated after receiving the full brunt of the storm surge floodwaters. Because this year’s h...

November, 06, 2012 Could a glass of wine help a woman beat breast cancer? Drink could help survival chances increase by a fifth

(DailyMail) - A glass of wine a day boosts the survival chances of women with breast cancer by up to a fifth, scientists have found. Those who drink in moderation are more likely to recover from the illness than those who abstain. But the findings are somewhat unexpected because drinking alcoh...

November, 06, 2012 Work starts in earnest on Mosel Bridge

(Decanter) - Work on the hugely controversial Mosel bridge has re-started, to the dismay of a vocal band of dedicated protesters. The Hochmoselübergang (Upper Mosel Crossing), whose centrepiece is a 1.7km, 10-column bridge 158m tall, was first mooted in 1968, as a link between US bases in the regio...

November, 06, 2012 Promising vintage in Burgundy – despite growing season

(TheDrinksBusiness) - An abysmal growing season in Burgundy will likely be off-set by good quality wines, although volumes will be extremely low. There are apparently “marked differences” between the key growing areas of the Cote de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, with the Côte...

November, 06, 2012 High Total Acidity and High pH?! How to handle it…

(NewWorldWinemaker) - One of the reasons that grapes have been used to make wine for thousands of years is that they are one of the few fruits in the world that contain large concentrations of tartaric acid. The strength of acids is measured by their ability to shed protons – or more specifically,...