June, 25, 2015 California drought brings a golden lining in the creeks

(NVR) - California's prolonged drought has dried up irrigation supplies for agriculture and forced drastic water cutbacks but it has also created opportunities for prospectors and miners panning, sluicing, chiseling and diving for gold. The Sacramento Bee reports  Wednesday that across the ...

June, 24, 2015 Another liquor privatization bill enters the fray in Pennsylvania

(Delcotimes) - A new liquor privatization bill would allow beer distributors to turn their businesses into one-stop shops where consumers could buy unlimited quantities of beer, wine and liquor. Their potential competitors wouldn’t get the same latitude. Sponsored by state Sen. Scott Wagner...

June, 24, 2015 World of Wine: Meteorologists and vignerons have common obsessions

(InfoForum) - Meteorologists are concerned with current and upcoming weather conditions from the standpoint of providing timely information for public safety and planning. Vignerons are concerned with weather conditions as to the impact they will have on their grapes in making wine. Late season ...

June, 24, 2015 Wine direct shipper leases large new Napa warehouse for expansion

(NBBJ) - Pack n’ Ship Direct plans to move its Napa Valley operations into all of a 226,000-square-foot warehouse under construction in south Napa this fall, as the Windsor-based company expands its operations nationwide amid greater wine industry emphasis on selling wine directly to consumer...

June, 24, 2015 New York Wineries Going Green

(Wines&Vines) - Hunt Country Vineyards, recipient of the New York Geothermal Energy Organization’s 2015 TOP JOB designation for a geothermal project that provides 100% of the winery’s heating and cooling needs, is about to install a 109kW (kilowatt) solar PV (photovoltaic) system. F...

June, 24, 2015 US: As stink bugs raid Northwest crops, researchers press to keep them out of the wine

(OregonLive) - On a hot June day, Joe Beaudoin ducked into the shade of his orchard to check for peaches with shallow dimples — the telltale signs left by the brown marmorated stink bug. This invader from Asia has a formidable appetite for the berries, tree fruits and vegetables that Beaud...

June, 24, 2015 Red wine weight loss theory is ‘nonsense’, says UK health service

(Decanter) - The UK's National Health Service has spoken out following a series of media articles claiming that drinking red wine may help people to lose weight. Health officials moved to quash hopes among wine lovers that their passion could have an unexpected health benefit. A study pu...

June, 24, 2015 The real reason your wine costs so much at restaurants

(NYPost) - After 15 years of reviewing restaurants for The Post, I still get the jitters when the wine list comes. Sure, snooty sommeliers of old have been replaced by friendly faces who know how to sell more with smiles than sneers. What’s daunting is knowing how much wines should cost. N...