December, 23, 2016 Could this device cure your wine hangover?

(YahooStyle) - ‘Tis the season to drink plenty of wine, especially if it’s bubbly or mulled. But it’s the season of hangovers as well – not to mention that particularly memorable one you’ll have on Christmas day. So it’s pretty wonderful news if one device,...

December, 23, 2016 Ice Wine Harvested Coast to Coast

(Wines&Vines) - With most of North America shivering through a cold snap, growers in British Columbia, Michigan and Ontario reported excellent conditions for an early 2016 ice wine harvest. The harvest began Dec. 6 in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, where temperatures dropped to 17....

December, 23, 2016 Rain totals were 400% of normal in parts of Northern California this fall

(SFGate) - A wet start to the rainy season means much of the Bay Area enters winter with well above average rainfall.  The National Weather Service released maps on Thursday showing the majority of the Bay Area at over 110 percent of normal for this time of year. Much of Santa Clara and Con...

December, 23, 2016 French Wine Authorities Add Three New Appellations to Southern Rhône Valley

(WineSpectator) - After two decades of work on the part of winegrowers, France’s governing body for wine appellations, the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO), promoted the three Vaucluse villages of Suze-la-Rousse, Ste.-Cécile and Vaison-la-Romaine. Previously, wines f...

December, 23, 2016 Man admits stealing $500,000 worth of wine from famed French Laundry restaurant

(LATimes) - California man has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming in part from the theft of more than 100 wine bottles worth more than $500,000 from a famed Napa Valley restaurant, officials said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said a judge accepted Davis Kiryakoz's guilty plea to one count of con...

December, 18, 2016 Washington wine production headed higher

(UB) - In 2007, Washington winemakers crushed 127,000 tons of grapes. When it’s all said and done, they will have crushed more than a quarter-million tons this fall. In other words, the Washington wine industry has doubled in size in just a decade. Ste. Michelle CEO Ted Baseler predicts it...

December, 18, 2016 Siduri Wines takes the leap with a new Healdsburg tasting room

(PD) - Adam Lee, the winemaker at Siduri Wines, had to be talked into opening his winery’s new tasting room right off the busy Healdsburg Plaza. It was a matter of numbers. In a town of almost 11,000 residents, there are 36 tasting rooms — 34 clustered in its small downtown alone. ...

December, 18, 2016 Canada: New label rules identify exactly where a B.C. wine is from

(CBC) - B.C. wine lovers will soon be able to select wines according to a specific sub-region in the province, according to the new rules enacted by the provincial government. The label rules apply to B.C. VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) wines — those wines made from 100 per cent B.C. grap...