May, 03, 2017 How Drinking Wine Benefits Your Brain

(Food&Wine) - More good news for all your amateur sommeliers out there:  Science  is now getting closer to understanding how drinking  wine  in moderation can keeps your brain healthy, possibly delaying the onset of cognitive disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheim...

May, 03, 2017 How Does Oak Really Affect Wine?

(Winemag) - What fuels the contrast between the steely, stony feel of classic Chablis and the nutty, rounded creaminess of Napa Chardonnay? Apart from the differences in soil and climate, the defining difference is the use of oak. Oak, a hard but pliable wood, is ideally suited to barrel craftin...

May, 03, 2017 How Washington became a major player in the wine industry

(Seattletimes) - Half a century ago, Washington’s biggest claims to fame were Sasquatch and the logging, maritime and aerospace industries. But in 1967, the floodgates of commercial winemaking opened here. Since then, the state has rapidly become a leading player in wine production and sal...

May, 03, 2017 US: Mild Winter Across the East--with Exceptions

(Wines&Vines) - From Colorado to New Jersey and Michigan to Texas, growers, extension agents and winemakers all are describing the winter of 2016-17 as “mild,” in many cases for the second year in a row. Two exceptions were Minnesota, where temperatures hit the lowest point for the ...

May, 03, 2017 NZ: Wine exports to the USA surpass $500 million

(Scoop) - Wine exports to the USA surpass $500 million for the first time The latest data from Statistics New Zealand show wine exports to the USA have surpassed $500 million for the first time, up 11% in the last year. As the wine industry advances towards its goal of $2 billion of exports i...

May, 03, 2017 Perdue says Trump may overlook immigrant farm workers

(WFP) - Producers have been concerned that the President's tough stand on undocumented immigrants might cause instability in their farming operations and could further cause an increase in food costs in the months ahead. Perdue said the President is open to helping agricultural producers protect th...

May, 02, 2017 Meet the 'Wine Whisperers,' Fancy Grape Fixers for Billionaires

(Bloomberg) - Last year, one of Matt Wilson’s wine clients asked him to orchestrate a dinner in Las Vegas, with a $100,000 wine budget. Easy for Wilson; he rounded up such rarities as 1961 Hermitage La Chapelle, 1985 La Tache, and 1834 Madeira. But he also had to convince chef Eric ...

May, 01, 2017 California wine shipments rise 4% by value, 2% by volume in 2016: report

(NBBJ) - alifornia wine shipments to the U.S. last year grew 4.6 percent by value and 2.0 percent by volume to a new record amount, according to figures put out Monday. Wine shipped from the Golden State reached an estimated $34.1 billion in retail value and the equivalent of 238 million st...