October, 30, 2015 JOHN LEGEND LAUNCHES OWN NAPA WINE BRAND

(TDB) - Soul singer John Legend has launched his own brand of Napa wine, it has emerged. The nine-times Grammy and Academy Award winner, whose hits include ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Glory’, has collaborated with  Raymond Vineyards  in St Helena to cr...

October, 30, 2015 California: Drought-driven salmon deaths could have far-reaching impact

(SFGAte) - One of the last wild runs of chinook salmon in California is sinking fast amid the four-year drought and now appears perilously close to oblivion after the federal agency in charge of protecting marine life documented the death of millions of young fish and eggs in the Sacramento River. ...

October, 30, 2015 Berkeley store sued over $3M of undelivered wine

(Berkeleyside) - Seven disgruntled customers have filed lawsuits against Premier Cru, a high-end wine store on University Avenue in Berkeley, contending that the store purchased thousands of bottles of expensive French wine on their behalf, worth around $3 million, but never delivered it. All of t...

October, 30, 2015 Calistoga to Import Workers by Shuttle

(Wines&Vines) - In Napa Valley, everyone talks about labor shortages at wineries, hotels and restaurants. Now one town is doing something about it. Borrowing from the concept used by high-tech companies on the San Francisco peninsula, the mayor of Calistoga announced his plan to start a priv...

October, 30, 2015 Overturning the Judgment of Paris

(Wine-Spectator) - The Judgment of Paris tasting was the single most important event in the history of wine. In a 1976 blind tasting, French judges chose Napa Valley wines over the best of Bordeaux and Burgundy. The repercussions still echo to this day. But what if it never happened? Some have s...

October, 30, 2015 OXYGEN AND WINE: A CAREFUL BALANCE

(Closdelatech) - At the beginning of fermentation, when Oxygen is present, yeast use it to synthesize fatty acids and sterols. These specific types of chemicals are then used for cell wall maintenance and population growth—yeast stay healthy, happy and plentiful throughout the fermentation. W...

October, 29, 2015 GLOBAL WINE PRODUCTION UP 2% IN 2015

(TDB) - Global wine production is estimated to have increased by 2% in 2015, according to a report by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), with Italy once again named the world’s biggest producer having increased its volumes by 10%. Initial estimates presented by the...

October, 29, 2015 Dry start to autumn in California, but near-record strength El Niño still on track to bring a wet winter

(Weatherwest) - Very warm, mostly dry…except for some record-breaking localized downpours. And the drought goes on…   It has certainly been a summer and early autumn for the record books all across California, but for very different reasons in different parts of the stat...