October, 03, 2015 Taking the Water Out of Winemaking

(WS) - A biotech innovator develops a new way to lower costs for small wineries and reduce water usage across the industry. A biochemical engineer by training, Vijay Singh spent decades working with pharmaceutical industry bioreactors in New Jersey. When he retired early, he decided to experimen...

October, 02, 2015 Napa Wraps Up Earliest Harvest in Years

(Wines&Vines) - For the first time in memory, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers held its annual harvest update as harvest ended, not weeks in advance. This year was the earliest harvest on record, and most local grapegrowers will finish up this week or next. “It feels like the end of Oct...

October, 02, 2015 DIAGEO ‘IN TALKS’ WITH TREASURY OVER WINE UNIT

(TDB) - Diageo is reportedly in “detailed talks” with Treasury Wine Estates about selling off its Global Wine Unit, which includes brands like Blossom Hill and Piat d’Or. The drinks giant behind global brands like Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff is planning offload its wi...

October, 02, 2015 What Is Pét-Nat Wine? An Ancient Winemaking Style on the Rise

(Bloomberg) - Naturally sparkling wines have been made for centuries, and now one of the oldest methods of producing them has made a resurgence.   Pétillant-naturel  (natural sparkling) is a catch-all term for practically any sparkling wine made in the ...

October, 01, 2015 Women kicked off Wine Train to file race discrimination lawsuit

(SFGate) - A group of mostly African American women who were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train in August, allegedly for being loud and disruptive, are suing the train’s owners for racial discrimination. The women and their lawyer, Waukeen McCoy, scheduled a news conference in San Franc...

October, 01, 2015 Arsenic found in many U.S. red wines, but health risks depend on total diet

(UW) - A new University of Washington  study  that tested 65 wines from America’s top four wine-producing states — California, Washington, New York and Oregon — found all but one have arsenic levels that exceed what’s allowed in drinking water. The U.S. Env...

October, 01, 2015 REUSING WASTEWATER AT VINEYARDS WON’T SPOIL WINE

(Futurity) - Making wine requires water beyond what it takes to grow grapes. There are bottles to wash, barrels to scrub, and floors to clean. But what if winemakers treated the water left over from all that cleaning and reused it to irrigate vineyards? Researchers thought the idea had...

October, 01, 2015 Koch Wins Appeal Over Fake Wines

(Wine-Searcher) - Appellate court endorses jury view that Eric Greenberg knowingly put fake wine up for auction. A federal appeals court has upheld billionaire Bill Koch's claim for compensation from entrepreneur Eric Greenberg over the sale of 24 bottles of fake Bordeaux. The 2nd US Circuit ...