September, 21, 2015 SCIENTISTS WORK TO SAVE ANCIENT MUSCAT

(TDB) - Harvesting has begun on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria, where a team of scientists is attempting to preserve a variety of Muscat grape that is at risk of extinction. The University of Milan team has been searching for ancient strains of Muscat of Alexandria (known locally as Zib...

September, 21, 2015 Wine driving Solano commercial real estate

(NBBJ) - Many know Solano County for its ample acreage under roof as a logistics hub for the San Francisco Bay Area, but increasingly more of that space is dedicated to moving through the necessities of making wine in the North Coast and points beyond, according to new real estate market research. ...

September, 21, 2015 Canned beer makes comeback among craft brew fans

(PD) - At the corner of the bar over at Third Street Aleworks stands a contraption that looks like a cross between a drill press from a junior high metal-shop class and a high-tech can opener. It’s called a Crowler machine. The bartender takes a 32-ounce aluminum can and sprays in carbon d...

September, 21, 2015 Finger Lakes Wine: An Industry 200 Years in the Making

(TWCNews) - The history of the wine industry in the Finger Lakes spans almost 200 years. The first deliberate cultivation of grapes for winemaking began here in the 1830s. And since then, grape styles and consumer tastes have evolved greatly. "The initial eras of when wine grape cultivation b...

September, 21, 2015 Oxford Companion Shines a Light on the Wine World

(Wine-Searcher) - We take a look at Jancis Robinson's newest Oxford Companion and by extension, how the wine industry has changed.  Contained within the unassuming DHL bag that arrived in the Wine-Searcher office last week was a handy barometer on how the wine world is doing. The latest ...

September, 21, 2015 Here's Who Drinks The Most in The US

(Techinsider) - Wealthy, educated Americans are the most likely to drink alcohol, a recent Gallup poll found . Overall, 64% of surveyed Americans answered "Yes, drink" to the question: "Do you have occasion to use alcoholic beverages ... or are you a total abstainer?" Among those answering...

September, 20, 2015 Sonoma County Harvest Fair announces wine medals

(PD) - Forty wines won Best of Class in the 2015 Sonoma County Harvest Fair Wine Competition, according to results released today. There were 315 wines that won gold medals and, of those, 89 received Double Gold distinction, which means they received unanimous “gold” votes from their...

September, 20, 2015 Garnacha - The Best Wine You've Never Heard Of

(Forbes) - Today (Friday) is National #GarnachaDay. But don’t worry if you haven’t heard of it because you actually have. I know it sounds like a trendy new brand of granola but it’s actually the Spanish name for a grape varietal known in the rest of the world by its Frenc...