June, 11, 2012 Ten Ways Not to Get Ripped Off Buying Wine

(FoxBusiness) - When you’re strolling through the wine section in the liquor store or purusing the wine list at a restaurant is there really a huge difference between the $10 bottle and that $25 bottle? If the waiter or wine store sales guy recommends something and you’re stumped, how can you ma...

June, 11, 2012 Ask Elsa: Is red wine's health benefits better than white?

(Herald) - Q I like drinking white wine with my dinner in the evenings. It helps me relax and I've heard that having wine with meals is actually good for you. Is this true and does it matter that it's white I drink, not red? A Red wine is made with the skin of the grape and so contains more of ce...

June, 11, 2012 Top 10 wine movies

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Wine has had a considerable presence on the silver screen, and here the drinks business counts down the top 10 wine movies. Also wine is back in the Hollywood spotlight as heartthrob Brad Pitt is to star in a film adaptation of The Billionaire’s Vinegar, a book by Benjamin Wa...

June, 11, 2012 Central Valley growers struggle with farmworker shortage

(ModBee) - Kevin Steward has spent more than a quarter-century in agriculture, much of that growing grapes for wineries. He's always been able to rely on seasonal workers to tend the vines and bring in the year's harvest. But this year, workers are harder to come by. "I could use 30 men," Stew...

June, 11, 2012 Is the secret to great wine under the sea?

(AFP) - Does the sea hold the secret to truly great wines? To find out a trio of French wine lovers -- a vineyard manager, a barrel maker and an oyster farmer -- teamed up to test the myth, above and below water. "I had heard a bunch of stories about wines ageing at sea," Bruno Lemoine, who runs ...

June, 11, 2012 Wine ban forces Georgia's ancient vineyards to branch out

(CNN) - Wine-making in Georgia has been an integral part of the country's culture for millennia; so ingrained is viticulture in the country that imagery of grapevines can be seen adorning churches and public monuments. But a Russian embargo on Georgian wine imports imposed in 2006 has meant its v...

June, 11, 2012 WINE: Big? Jammy? Not Anymore! California’s new direction.

(TheDailyBeast) - In the early part of the 21st century, some drinkers and restaurants started to bellyache about the increasing heft of California wines. Their alcohol levels, once a modest 12.5 percent, had plumped up to more than 14 percent—and often above 16 percent. The disgruntled said the w...

June, 10, 2012 Bypassing the Grape but Enjoying Its Fruits

(NYTimes) - CAMERON HUGHES sees nothing romantic about being a winemaker. Having a rolling vineyard to call his own? Taking that first sip of a homegrown pinot noir? He can live without it, thanks — and he does, even as he has become a prominent name in the California wine industry. Mr. Hughes, wh...