September, 28, 2015 Trouble in wine paradise as Bordeaux village grapples with cancer rates five times national average

(Telegraph) - Report in village inside Sauternes appelation "cannot exclude" possible link between child cancer rates five times the national average and pesticides sprayed yards from local school. A village in south-west France that produces some of the world’s most acclaimed sweet white wi...

September, 28, 2015 Wine globalization set to continue

(OUP) - The past two decades have seen globalization of the world’s wine markets proceed like never before, in both speed and comprehensiveness. There was a degree of trade expansion in the five decades to World War I but, until the late 20 th  century, interactions across continents inv...

September, 28, 2015 Judy Jordan, former owner of J Vineyards & Winery, purchases Oregon’s Chehalem Mountain Vineyard

(SFGate) - Judy Jordan , who sold her Sonoma-based company  J Vineyards & Winery  to E. & J. Gallo last March, has purchased  Chehalem Mountain Vineyard  in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. “I’m excited about Oregon, because I of course have a passion fo...

September, 28, 2015 Why wine will taste different from year to year

(BI) - If you pick up a bottle of your favorite whiskey once every year, it will almost certainly taste the same each time. Same for other spirits and beer. These drinks are made using consistent ingredients and recipes. This isn't the case with wine. One of your favorite wines one year m...

September, 28, 2015 Proposed hillside vineyard in Angwin seeks timber-cutting permit

(NVR) - In a sign of the times, a Davis Estates proposal to clear trees so it can plant a 13.6-acre vineyard in the mountains near Angwin is being closely scrutinized. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection must grant a timber harvest permit for the project to proceed. It rele...

September, 27, 2015 Sonoma County Harvest Fair's sweepstakes wine winners revealed

(PD) - A sauvignon blanc, a pinot noir and a late harvest semillon won the coveted sweepstakes awards Sunday at the Sonoma County Harvest Awards Gala, with two of the three hailing from the Russian River valley appellation. The Trione Vineyards and Winery 2014 River Road Ranch Russian River Vall...

September, 25, 2015 Scientists Believe They’ve Figured Out Exactly What Gives Wine Its Terroir

(Grubstreet) - Terroir — the idea that great wine and foods taste of the place they're from — is one of those classic concepts that's difficult to precisely understand, with people often attributing a specific wine's terroir to things like soil, geography, weather, and methods of p...

September, 25, 2015 Finding Good Wines in Bad Vintages

(WSJ) - WHAT MATTERS MORE, producer or vintage? It’s one of the questions that oenophiles often ask themselves—and one another—when considering whether to buy a particular wine. Can a great producer overcome the odds of a poor vintage or will a year of bad weather trump even the m...