May, 11, 2010 Chocolate, red wine, coffee "not healthy"

Stop kidding yourself, the Australian Heart Foundation says, there is no cardiovascular health benefit from eating chocolate or drinking red wine. Coffee was another popular treat that also contained antioxidants, the foundation said, ensuring it was commonly referred to as part of a heart healthy d...

May, 10, 2010 Wine Institute awards Pelosi with its annual leadership award

The Wine Institute may have ruffled some feathers last week, by presenting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with its annual leadership award during its Washington Week lobbying visit.The San Francisco-based institute, which represents about 1,000 California wineries and related businesses, has a fr...

May, 10, 2010 Winegrowers Start Spraying New Pest

Napa,CA -- With the disclosure that eggs of the dreaded European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana) are hatching into larvae in Napa Valley, California winegrowers have started spraying pesticides -- both organic and conventional -- to counteract the invasive pest, which can destroy grapes. The insect...

May, 10, 2010 The look and taste of boxed wine is improving

(NBC) - Boxed wine has been around since the 1960s, but it's starting to look and taste a lot different. There are now more than 50 companies selling cardboard carton versions of some of your favorite bottles, but boxed wine seems to be more of a conversation ender for many cork-sniffers.Whole Food...

May, 10, 2010 Foster's chases greater share of Chinese wine market

FOSTER'S Group has shifted key executives in charge of its Asian push to its regional headquarters in Singapore, as it targets the booming Chinese wine market. Foster's premium brands, such as Penfolds and Wolf Blass, have already helped Australia become China's second-biggest source of imported wi...

May, 09, 2010 Temecula Valley Wine Country growth still blooming

The sour economy hasn't spoiled the plans of those hoping to build guest rooms, fine dining and more wineries in a Temecula Valley Wine Country still popular with tourists. At least 120 guest rooms along with more restaurants and wineries are on tap for the vineyard-covered area as entrepreneurs a...

May, 09, 2010 Wine into vinegar a 'newie'

You've heard of turning water into wine - how about turning wine into vinegar? A Tauranga food company believes it may have hit on a use for the country's wine glut, with a white balsamic vinegar made from sauvignon blanc grapes. Newly established AvoHealth's white balsamic and avocado oil salad dre...

May, 08, 2010 Norton is the one truly American wine-making grape

It's a grape that few have heard of and fewer understand. It's a grape that begets a wine few have tasted and even fewer claim as their favorite.That grape is Norton, its past rooted deep in the soil of Richmond, its future cradled in the hands of Chrysalis Vineyards owner Jenni McCloud and a few o...