September, 02, 2015 Severe Hail Hastens Harvest in Chablis

(Wine-Searcher) - A hailstorm in Chablis has caused major damage to the region's vineyards. Chablis vignerons have brought their harvest forward by several days in an attempt to salvage the harvest from vineyards devastated by hail. The violent hailstorm struck in the early hours of Tuesday, ...

September, 02, 2015 Alibaba Brings the Taste of Napa Valley Wine to China

(Bloomberg) - Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is betting that a country known for sipping black tea will develop a taste for Napa Valley red. The e-commerce company will offer Robert Mondavi cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir and other varieties to its 367 million Chinese customers...

September, 01, 2015 What about that second glass of wine? It may catch up with you as you age.

(WP) - I typically have a second glass of wine when I’m out to dinner, either at a friend’s house or a restaurant. But as I get older, I may need to reconsider that practice. That’s because as we age, our bodies react to alcohol differently. As a result, guidelines from the Nat...

September, 01, 2015 Here's why wine tastes different when you're on a plane

(BusinessInsider) - Wine is increasingly becoming a major priority for flyers ( CNN dubs them "oeno-flyers" ), and airlines are investing more and more time and money into hiring expensive sommeliers to curate their  wine offerings . But it's not as simple as good wine on sea leve...

August, 31, 2015 Google launches 360-degree winery views, Tesla adds charging stations in wine country

(MercuryNews) - Google winery sneak peeks: Now you can check out wineries before you even get there, thanks to the newest update to Google's 360-degree street view feature. New for wine country, now you can see the tasting room, vineyards and more at 78 California wineries. Click on the "show image...

August, 31, 2015 What is Brix?

(WineFolly) - Brix (°Bx) is a way to measure the potential alcohol content of a wine before it’s made by determining the sugar level in grapes. Each gram of sugar that’s fermented will turn into about a 1/2 gram of alcohol. Of course, different winemaking techniques will affect th...

August, 31, 2015 Ask a Scientist: How does a beer get skunky?

(CharlotteObserver) - Malcolm Forbes is director of the Center for Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio, a post he took after being on the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill for 25 years. Here he explains what has gone wrong when your beer tastes like it has been spiked wi...

August, 31, 2015 Lower Alcohol Question Dunn and Dusted

(Wine-Searcher) - The Napa winery enjoys bucking the fashion for supercharged California wines. Many California vintners reduce the alcohol in their wines. Very few admit it, much less boast about it. Randy Dunn is the exception. He likes Cabernet to have ripe fruit flavors, but doesn't want ...