August, 12, 2015 Why More American Winemakers Are Doing More by Hand

(Yahoo) - More American winemakers are hand-pruning, hand-harvesting, and foot-stomping in their quest for wine greatness. Here’s why they think the old ways are the best.   Pre-Industrial Methods As winemaking technology becomes increasingly advanced, with smartphone-operated ...

August, 12, 2015 Odd Jobs: Winemaker

(WCAX) - Tens of thousands of visitors flock to Shelburne Vineyard every year. But in a region not known for its winemaking, who's responsible for ensuring the high stakes crop survives harsh winters and rainy summers? It's the sound of winemaking in August.  Long before you pop the c...

August, 12, 2015 What The Heck Are Tartrates? And Do They Signal That Something Is Wrong With The Wine?

(Vinepair) - You’re all set and excited to open a bottle of wine, but when you pull the cork you find that the side that was inside the bottle is covered in little red or white crystals. Immediately you begin to wonder if this means there’s something wrong with the bottle that until ...

August, 12, 2015 Washington State Wine Harvest Gears Up

(Wines&Vines) - Treveri Cellars kicked off harvest 2015 for Washington state on Aug. 7, crushing 18 tons of Chardonnay for sparkling wine—the earliest harvest ever in the state. The grapes were brought in from Hilltop vineyard in the Rattlesnake Hills AVA, a subappellation of the 25-ye...

August, 12, 2015 Dunne on Wine: Two French vintners turn to Sonoma

(SacBee) - Gonzague and Claire Lurton have been married 21 years. They have three children. And they own five chateaux in Bordeaux. So why are they establishing a vineyard and winery in the Chalk Hill district of Sonoma County, just east of Healdsburg? “We’d never worked together....

August, 11, 2015 Whole Foods Brewing Launches 1st Draft Beer

(GR) - Houston Whole Foods stores will be the launching pads for the first draft beer from Whole Foods Market Brewing Co. The craft brewery is located in the Whole Foods’ Post Oak store in Houston. The 10 Houston-area Whole Foods stores will simultaneously tap kegs on Aug. 8 at noon. The f...

August, 11, 2015 Heat Wave Shrivelling French Wine Production

(DiscoveryNews) - A long period of hot weather threatens to hit the wine harvest in France’s famous Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, experts said on Tuesday. Production could be down, although quality will remain high, they said. Output could fall by as much as a third in Beaujolais, said F...

August, 11, 2015 Drink Red Wine to Lose Weight: Researchers

(NewsMax) - A component of red wine turns flabby white fat into fat-blasting brown fat, says a new study published in the International Journal of Obesity . Researchers at Washington State University fed mice a high fat diet, but some of the mice also received resveratrol that amounted to 0.1...