August, 25, 2016 Bad weather takes toll on French wine production

(BBC) - French wine production is likely to be 10% lower this year than in 2015 because of frosty weather in spring and a heatwave now, officials say. A production of 42.9m hectolitres (hl) (944m gallons) is forecast for 2016, down from last year's 47.8m hl. The harvest is expected to be down...

August, 25, 2016 Why The Shape Of A Glass Shapes The Taste Of Your Wine

(Forbes) - Chilean love poet Pablo Neruda kept an array of multi-colored glasses at his beach house in Isla Negra, believing their color impacted the taste of his wine. The effect of color on taste relates to psychology. However, the way the shape of a glass impacts taste relates to physics. Wel...

August, 25, 2016 Overtime pay for farmworkers takes another step forward

(Vidaenelvalle) - José Mendoza came to the United States when he was 35-years-old. He left his native poverty-stricken small village in Santa María, Oaxaca, México to work in the San Joaquín Valley’s abundant fields. For 25 years he labored as a farmworker, pick...

August, 25, 2016 WSU scientists studying effects of smoke on vineyards

(YakimaHerald) - Smoked salmon and smoked brisket are delicious, but somehow smoked wine sounds far less appetizing. But inadvertently, wine can develop an unpleasant smoky smell or ashy aftertaste when vineyards are flooded with smoke from nearby wildfires. This summer, Washin...

August, 25, 2016 What Retailers Like in Wine Packaging

(Wines&Vines) - One of the most popular sessions at the Wines & Vines Packaging Conference on Aug. 17 featured three wine retailers discussing what wine packaging worked for them – and what didn’t. The speakers were Gary Fisch, owner of Gary’s Wine and Marketplace with ...

August, 25, 2016 LA’s largest wine estate on sale for $12.8m

(TDB) - The biggest “vine to wine” estate in Los Angeles, complete with an animal rescue ranch, 80-acre vineyard and winery, has been put on the market for US$12.8m. Located 35 miles northeast of the city of LA in Santa Clarita, the Agua Dulce Estate comprises a n 80-acre vineyard, f...

August, 25, 2016 Hail-hit French winemakers allowed to buy in grapes

(Decanter) - France has revived a controversial rule allowing winemakers to buy in grapes to cover extensive losses from severe frost and hailstorms in some areas. The story in brief Rule allows 80% of crop to be bought from same appellation as hail and frost play havoc with 2016 harvest...

August, 25, 2016 Everything You REALLY Need To Know About Wine Terms

(Refinery29) - So you want to become a wine connoisseur — or just how to navigate the drink menu when you go out to dinner — but you don't know where to start. We're here to help. With all of the unrecognizable words that are used to describe wine, things can get confusing, fast. What ...