September, 11, 2011 US: Tailgating with a legend

If Carmen Policy, Mike Ditka or Charles Woodson can’t make it to your tailgate feast this football season, you can at least take a bottle of their wines. There are a surprisingly large number of former National Football League players in the wine game these days, driven by the search for the high ...

September, 10, 2011 US: Savor harvest at Ohio wineries

It's harvest time for Ohio grape growers, which makes it a great time to visit one (or more) of the state's 100-plus wineries. The state's wineries are organized geographically into five wine trails, stretching from Northeast Ohio's Vines & Wine trail southwest to the Ohio River Valley Wine Trail...

September, 10, 2011 Increased travel, wealth spur India's wine boom

Cash-rich emerging Asian markets, especially India, could see an explosion in wine consumption in the future - if their government scraps import taxes altogether, the way Hong Kong did in 2008, maintains wine expert Jeannie Cho Lee. That move ushered an explosion in fine wine consumption and sale...

September, 10, 2011 Chablis or Chardonnay? Wine myths exposed

Do you believe you know anything about wine? According to a new survey for the grocery franchise Spar, which has increased its wine sales by an amazing 20 per cent in the last year, seven out of ten of us wish we knew more about wine, and much of what we think we do know turns about to be wrong. The...

September, 09, 2011 Change to old wine law may benefit B.C. wineries

A move by Ontario to soften enforcement of an antiquated liquor law that makes it a crime to transport wine across a provincial border is being viewed by the British Columbia wine industry as the first step to changing a law that is hurting wine tourism in this province. “The Ontario move is th...

September, 09, 2011 US: Program Seeks New Winegrape Foes

Pierce's disease assessment funds grapevine moth research; weighs other invasive pests. Since 1999, the California Department of Food & Agriculture’s Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control Program has pumped some $440 million from federal, state, local and industry contributions int...

September, 09, 2011 Postmodern Winemaking: Integrated Brett Management

It’s high time I post my views concerning this beast and its handling—as usual somewhat at odds with modern enological thinking. For winemakers interested in bypassing sterile filtration when possible (count me in), Brettanomyces management is the central problem facing the making of serious win...

September, 09, 2011 Storyboard: Wine! Science! (… and Climate Change)

Climate change seems inevitable, but to what degree is a question scientists constantly explore. Even the smallest variations in climate can have a big impact on how we operate – from big initiatives like energy consumption to small niches like the wine industry. Stanford University climate sci...