September, 08, 2016 Cooler Weather Promises Photo Finish for Northwest Harvest

(Wines&Vines) - A sudden drop in temperatures means fall is taking hold in much of the Northwest as growers press on with harvest of the 2016 wine grape crop.  July broke the 14-month series of record-setting temperatures both domestically as well as globally, and early fears of la...

September, 08, 2016 Beer yeast is tame. Wine yeast is wild. Draw your own conclusions.

(WashingtonPost) - Humans and microbes go way back. The bacteria, yeast and viruses that  live in and on and around us  have incredible sway over the way we live. But when it comes to culinary pursuits, yeasts stand out as our most stalwart cooking companions: These tiny creatures consume...

September, 08, 2016 THESE SCIENTISTS THINK THEY CAN GROW DOM PÉRIGNON IN A LAB

(VinePair) - If something tastes like wine, smells like wine, but isn’t made from grapes, is it wine? Ava Winery, a biotech company in San Francisco that (despite the name) doesn’t own any traditional winemaking equipment, says yes. At least, in a chemical composition sense of the wo...

September, 08, 2016 Bankrupt Premier Cru Store's Inventory Auctioned

(WineSpectator) - For eight months, 79,000 bottles of wine have sat in the warehouse behind bankrupt California retailer Premier Cru, sequestered by court order. Now the wine has been sold, bringing resolution closer for thousands of angry customers. Unfortunately, the sale will not pay them back m...

September, 08, 2016 The High-Pressure Life Of A Famous Winemaker And His Wine: Peter Gago And Penfolds Grange

(Forbes) - Regarded as one of the world’s finest wines,  Penfolds Bin 95 Grange  also serves as the iconic wine of Australia. Collectors pay impressive sums (upwards of $850 for a recent vintage) for this exquisite Australian Shiraz. However, unlike most of the world’s ul...

September, 08, 2016 How can a wine made in Georgia be labeled 'Napa Valley'?

(LATimes) - A California-led proposal to tighten wine-labeling rules has rallied the state's lawmakers, split the industry and spurred a debate that shows no signs of resolution. Flexing political muscles, 48 members of the House of Representatives, including three dozen Californians, are seekin...

September, 07, 2016 Why cabernet sauvignon is the big kahuna of wine grapes

(ChicagoTribune) - Call it the Louvre of art museums, the Rose Bowl of college football, the Everest of mountaineering, or something more clever that you come up with on your own, but I think we can all agree that cabernet sauvignon is at the top of the heap. The big kahuna. It is all of these t...

September, 07, 2016 Bordeaux Producers Praying for Rain

(Wine-Searcher) - Persistent drought conditions in France's southwest are causing concern for winemakers and growers. Bordeaux 2016 is being described as "interesting", which is generally a euphemism for "difficult". There are a few opinions being aired, but Florence Cathiard is only ...