December, 07, 2015 Best American Sparkling Wines And, Yes, They're Very Good Indeed

(Forbes) - American sparkling wines just keep getting better and better. I have observed this happy trend over the last decade and attribute it to the new wine industry’s inventive spirit, its ambition to always be trying to  now , finally, get it right.  Of course there’s ...

December, 06, 2015 Roberto Cavalli’s design on wine

(STAR2) - Fashion and wine go hand in hand in the world of opulence, so how does flamboyant Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli ensure that he never runs out of excellent vino? He gets his oldest son Tommaso to make them. In 2000, Tommaso founded the Tenuta Degli Dei wine business at t...

December, 06, 2015 Vivino makes it easier to shop for wine with Quick Compare

(GIGAOM) - There’s nothing quite like being the asshole in the wine shop who keeps grabbing a bottle, holding it in front of his phone for a few seconds, and then repeating the process down the aisle to find the best option to bring to a holiday get-together. That feeling’s only exacerb...

December, 06, 2015 Global sales of Fairtrade wine reach 30m bottles a year

(Theguardian) - Study by the Co-operative, the world’s largest Fairtrade wine retailer, shows UK sales in 2014 up 9% from previous year. Sales of Fairtrade wine have hit an all-time high, with global sales now reaching almost 30m bottles a year and fuelled by near double-digit growth ...

December, 05, 2015 Drunk-Biking Is the Only Way to Tour Argentina’s Wine Country

(Munchies.Vice) - In the late 1800s in Mendoza, Argentina’s largest wine-producing area, business was booming. Local bodegas  (wineries, in the local parlance) were challenged with supplying an ever-growing demand and resorted to ditching labor-intensive European winemaking techniques i...

December, 04, 2015 Age-old mystery of why cells use fermentation unraveled

(Sciencedaily) - Wine, beer and yogurt are produced when microorganisms convert sugar into alcohol, gases or acids. But this process of fermentation--which is used by bacteria, fungi and other fast-growing cells to generate energy in the absence of oxygen--is a much less efficient way of gener...

December, 04, 2015 Light But High-Quality California Winegrape Harvest

(GrowingProduce) - It’s a stellar vintage for California vintners and growers. The 2015 season produced an earlier, lighter crop than previous years, but grapes are excellent quality across the board. Demand for north and central coast grapes was strong, with wineries out buying early...

December, 04, 2015 Botrytis ‘noble rot’ fungus reprograms wine grape metabolism

(UCDavis) - For hundreds of years, the fungus Botrytis cinerea has been key to making the world’s finest dessert wines. Now UC Davis researchers working with Dolce Winery in the Napa Valley show how the fungus changes plant metabolism to produce new flavors and aromas in white-skinned grape...