May, 24, 2016 New York rooftop vineyard plots first vintage

(Decanter) - A vineyard planted on a rooftop in Brooklyn, New York, has said it plans to release the first vintage from its own grapes next year. The New York vineyard, named Rooftop Reds, plans to release its first vintage from 1,400 square metres of vines in the Brooklyn Navy Yard industri...

May, 24, 2016 Influential wine organization In Pursuit of Balance to cease operations

(SFGate) - In Pursuit of Balance (IPOB), a nonprofit organization of California wineries who champion a restrained style of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, has announced that it will cease operations at the end of 2016. “There’s so much energy and excitement around IPOB,” said J...

May, 24, 2016 Where Does American Wine Stand 40 Years After 'Judgment of Paris'?

(NBCNews) - Forty years ago today, it was the mic drop heard around the wine world. That pivotal moment on May 24, 1976, when a panel of esteemed French experts at an exclusive blind tasting wholeheartedly — and unwittingly — favored "unknown" Californian wines over their own old-...

May, 24, 2016 Delicato Family Vineyards Acquires Historic 243 Acre Santa Lucia Highlands Vineyard

(WB) - Delicato Family Vineyards has acquired from Monterey’s celebrated McFarland family the historic Santa Lucia Highlands vineyard estate long known to locals as River Road Vineyard. The purchase of these 243 acres strengthens Delicato Family Vineyards’ presence in California&rsqu...

May, 23, 2016 Bayer’s $62 billion bid for Monsanto: 5 things to know about the record-breaking deal

(MarketWatch) - It’s official: German drugs and chemicals major Bayer AG has said it’s willing to splash out $62 billion in cash to buy U.S. seed giant Monsanto to create the world’s biggest agrochemicals supplier. Bayer  BAYN, -4.62%   confirmed it w...

May, 23, 2016 WEARABLE ALCOHOL MONITOR WINS $200K

(TDB) - A San Francisco-based tech company has won a $200,000 prize for its wearable alcohol monitor capable of detecting a person’s blood alcohol levels and alerting a user when they should stop drinking. BACtrack, a privately held medical device maker, won the cash prize in the Nati...

May, 23, 2016 Ohio lawmakers remove alcohol limits on beer

(Cantonrep) - CANTON  Local brewers will soon be able to make beer as strong as they want, limited only by their know-how and the hardiness of their yeast. “I think everyone has had recipes in the works for quite some time,” said John McGroarty, head brewmaster at Canton Brewin...

May, 23, 2016 Record prices for Napa vineyard land

(NVR) - 2015 was a banner year for Napa County land values, with the price of a prime acre of Napa Valley vineyard rising 14.8 percent, according to a report by the California Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. To own a piece of the choicest land on the valley...