November, 15, 2010 Wine: Ground-breaking Fetzer study measures carbon

A new study of carbon sequestration on 1,322 acres of Fetzer Vineyards vineyard and wild land in Mendocino County could make the chemical element a huge resource for the wine industry under California’s evolving greenhouse-gas emissions accounting system. Owners of vineyard property should get ...

November, 14, 2010 Wine critic buys $145k truffle

A giant white truffle has been sold to a Hong Kong-based wine critic for 105,000 euros ($145,000) at a lavish auction near the town of Alba in northern Italy. The truffle, presented at the auction in the medieval Castello di Grinzane in a region of Italy famous for its cuisine, weighed 900 grams. Th...

November, 14, 2010 Wine: 'Argentina has made malbec its own, but now France wants to reclaim the grape for itself'

Malbec has become a huge success story in Argentina, but few could name where this robust red grape originates from. Its homeland is actually in south west France, in Cahors, a now little-known appellation with 10 per cent of the world's plantings of this grape. Now the French are aiming to make a c...

November, 13, 2010 Ottawa invests in N.S. farmers market and wineries

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — The federal government is pumping money into Nova Scotia's wineries and the farmers market in Wolfville. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency issued a statement today saying the agency will hand $220,000 to the Winery Association of Nova Scotia. The money, from the agency's I...

November, 13, 2010 Cosentino shuts Acampo tasting room

ACAMPO - Cosentino Signature Wines PLC has shut down, closing the doors on both its Napa Valley winery in Yountville and the tasting room off Woodbridge Road in Acampo.Larry Soldinger, chairman of Cosentino Signature Wines, announced the closure Thursday in a brief statement posted at cosentinowiner...

November, 13, 2010 Grape Pomace Shows Significant Potential in Managing Diabetes

(NaturalNews) - According to a recent study published last month in the Nutrition and Metabolism Journal, grape pomace extract is effective in suppressing post-prandial increase of blood glucose. By inhibiting the enzymes involved in carbohydrate digestion, the pomace presents a potential alternativ...

November, 13, 2010 Experts say Bignay wine surely good for the heart

Philippines — Make no bones about it. Bignay wine is good for your heart.This counsel comes not from an oenologist but from a dyed-in-the wool scientist from UP Los Baños commissioned by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) to prove that local fruits can give French vintners a run for their ...

November, 12, 2010 Wine sellers argue new fee would result in higher prices for consumers

OLYMPIA -- The price of a bottle of wine in Washington might get more expensive soon, especially for those who buy at small wine shops.The Washington Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association wants the Liquor Control Board to let them charge retailers an extra fee when they buy wine in orders smaller th...