August, 30, 2016 California farmworkers could see overtime expanded in the next decade after historic Assembly vote

(LATimes) - In a historic win for farmworkers, California lawmakers on Monday passed legislation that would expand overtime pay for more than 825,000 laborers who bring produce to stores and tables across the state. AB 1066, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), calls for a fo...

August, 30, 2016 BevMax Joins Fight Against State Minimum Liquor Pricing

(Courant) - A second major liquor retailer has joined the effort to undermine the state's minimum pricing rule for wine and spirits by openly disregarding the law. BevMax, a Stamford-based superstore with 13 locations in Connecticut and New York, is advertising and selling liquor below the price...

August, 29, 2016 Wine Production Problems? Bad French Weather, Brexit To Raise Prices

(IBT) - Lovers of French wine could soon have to pay steeper prices to get their favorite beverage. Production of wine in the country is likely to be down 10 percent due to bad weather, which leads to higher prices, officials said,  according to the BBC . Production in 2016 was first h...

August, 29, 2016 Are celebrity wine-makers destroying an ancient art?

(NYPost) - The wave of celebrities who dabble in winemaking, led by the likes of Trudy and Sting, Angelina and Brad, is turning tidal. Summer brought the launch of Drew Barrymore’s signature rosé and Roger Daltry’s champagne (it marks The Who Hits 50 tour). Others who’ve at...

August, 29, 2016 Packing Technology Into the Timeless Barrel

(NYTimes) - Standing on a wooded hillside in the Ozarks, about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, Brad Boswell watches a chain-saw-wielding logger make several deft cuts at the base of a 100-foot white oak. The logger points to a clearing down the slope and, with one final, quick slash, sends the tr...

August, 28, 2016 Good winemaking depends on 'happy' grapes, vintner says

(JoplinGlobe) - Keep the grapes happy so they will make you happy. That is the philosophy of vineyard owner Erv Langan and his winemaker, Andrew Pennington. Langan and his wife, LeeAnn, are the owners of Keltoi Winery, located on County Road 260 near Oronogo. They've been in the wine business...

August, 28, 2016 AB InBev Said to Plan 5,500 Job Cuts After Acquiring SABMiller

(ECMMagazine) - Anheuser-Busch InBev NV expects to cut about 3 percent of its enlarged workforce in the three years after its takeover of SABMiller Plc as it seeks to maximize savings from the combination of the world’s largest brewers. The reductions will be implemented gradually and in p...

August, 28, 2016 FROST AND HAIL SEE AUSTRIA’S WINE YIELDS SLASHED

(TDB) - Austria’s wine harvest is set to see the lowest volumes since 2010, following damage from frosts and hail earlier this year. Yields for the 2016 vintage are expected to be down around 25% on the ‘normal’ levels and expected to yield around 1.8m Hectolitres overall,...