May, 15, 2016 Red Zeppelin or rioja roll? Match your wine to music

(TheGuardian) - Domaine Alain Chavy Les Chenes 2011 is a rather good, oak-influenced dry white from one of France’s most celebrated regions, Chassagne-Montrachet in Burgundy. According to Oddbins, , its “elegant palate of crisp citrus, white flower, hints of honey and stony minerality&r...

May, 15, 2016 Region's top wines celebrated at North Coast Wine Challenge tasting

(PD) - A line of people snaked around the booth of chefs Daniel Kedan and Marianna Gardenhire’s pop-up tent as the couple, who own Backyard Restaurant in Forestville, scrambled to fry enough chicken for the waiting crowd. “I’m just trying not to boil in here,” said Gard...

May, 15, 2016 Another reason for wine lovers to toast resveratrol

(NewsNet5) - Red wine lovers have a new reason to celebrate.  Researchers have found a new health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and consequently in red wine.  While studying the effects of resveratrol in the diet of ...

May, 15, 2016 Ask a Somm: What’s the Best Way to Store Wine?

(Eater) - At iconic New Orleans restaurant  Commander's Palace , sommelier  Dan Davis  oversees a list of 2,700 wine bottles. Nbd. And in honor of spring cleaning, Davis considers the best practices for wine storage. Below, how to store bottles for the short and long-term, ideal...

May, 13, 2016 Tips to minimize heat stress on the vines

(WFP) - Understanding how heat stress affects the vines can help reduce the impact of high temperatures. Although grape vines thrive under conditions of warm, dry days and cool nights, vine growth and fruit quality begin to suffer once the thermometer rises past the 95-degree mark. That’s ...

May, 13, 2016 The Truth About Rosé Wine

(FoxNews) - A few years ago, convincing an oenophile to drink a glass of rosé was no small feat. The stigma associated with pink wine, largely due to the cloyingly sweet white zinfandel of the 1980s, was still too fresh in everyone’s mind. But today, with summer on the horizon, wine...

May, 13, 2016 Do You Need Wine-Lister, a New 1000-Point Wine Rating System?

(Bloomberg) - A former financier has launched what she claims is the first data-based wine rating system to compete with long-established critic scales. Move over Robert Parker. A former Lazard investment banker has created a data-driven fine wine rating system with a wildly ambitious, 1,00...

May, 13, 2016 Protecting European wine: Vinbot rover optimises harvest and quality

(Robohub) - With warmer winters and drier summers, climate change might even be having an effect on your favourite bottle of wine. Winemakers are already witnessing changes. In France, the Burgundy region had its driest July in 66 years in 2015, while Italian producers are planting different ...