June, 01, 2017 Good news for New York: Millennials can't stop drinking wine

(Timesunion) - The miles of grape fields that once flanked the Hudson River are slowly returning, bringing with them wine and, hopefully, the millennials who can’t stop guzzling it.  In the last decade eastern New York has quietly turned into a significant hub for grape and wine produ...

May, 30, 2017 Downy Mildew in California Vineyards

(Wines&Vines) - The  welcome end of a four-year drought brought one unexpected hardship to some California wine grape vineyards: downy mildew. Veteran extension viticulturists said the pathogen is a rarity in the Golden State and blamed its emergence on uncommon rates of humidity due to al...

May, 30, 2017 Cannabis Country: Wine and Weed

(SonomaWest) - Wine and weed come together at Santa Rosa symposium George Christie began to drink wine in moderation as a college student in New Jersey, which calls itself “The Garden State” and though it has beautiful farms, it’s not known for vines and wines. “It w...

May, 30, 2017 Dom Vintages Become an Annual Event

(Wine-Searcher) - Spreading too thin or "witnessing the vintage"? Dom Pérignon's string of vintages raises eyebrows. Dom Pérignon has undergone a dramatic evolution in its philosophy and ethos, according to chef de cave Richard Geoffroy, and it looks like the end of the traditional "...

May, 30, 2017 How Noble Rot Makes for a Better, Peachier White Wine

(Atlasobscura) - Scientists compared how different fungi affect a wine’s bouquet. Whether a wine is organic or not, wine producers invest a lot of time and money combating pests and blights that can destroy their precious crops of grapes. But vineyards have an interesting relationship with...

May, 30, 2017 Chinese Wine Group Agrees to Buy Three Chilean Vineyards

(Plenglish) - Chile currently is China''s third wine exporting country, after France and Australia, but the wine business goes further with the purchase of three vineyards by a group of companies from the Asian nation. The news confirmed the enormous interest in China's consumption of Chile's hi...

May, 30, 2017 After Fires, Chile Rebuilds Devastated Wine Regions

(WineSpectator) - Some producers were lucky, others less so. How will the blazes impact this year's harvest and the future? Chile suffered some of the worst wildfires in the nation's history earlier this year, with dozens of blazes ripping across hundreds of thousands of acres in the country's...

May, 25, 2017 Sonoma County seeks to build $2 million legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation

(PD) - Sonoma County wants to help raise $2 million over the next three years to expand legal services for residents facing possible deportation — a move government leaders hope can alleviate widespread fear among those who are undocumented about the immigration policies of President Don...