June, 12, 2015 California orders large pumping cuts for farmers with old water rights

(OSRegister) - Drought-stricken California on Friday ordered the largest cuts on record to farmers holding some of the state’s strongest water rights. State water officials told more than a hundred senior rights holders in California’s Sacramento, San Joaquin and delta watersheds ...

June, 12, 2015 Diageo Could Be A Good Buy For Anheuser-Busch InBev

(Forbes) - Anheuser-Busch InBev is a juggernaut in the beer space, accounting for approximately 21% of worldwide beer production, but 35% of the global revenues in this market, owing to its premium beer portfolio. While having a strong presence in the Americas and Europe, AB InBev has no meaningful...

June, 12, 2015 Napa Valley to Debut Its Own Wine Pavilion at Vinexpo Bordeaux

(NVV) - The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) trade association is bringing more than two dozen vintners to Vinexpo Bordeaux, June 14-18, to pour their wines, lead seminars and conduct business with show attendees. This is the first time in the wine region’s history that it will have its own fre...

June, 12, 2015 Which Wine Should You Pair With Your Weed?

(Smithsonianmag) - More and more states are choosing to legalize marijuana. And as pot goes mainstream, it's acquiring a new level of sophistication. A somewhat surprising byproduct of this phenomenon is the rise of wine (or beer) and weed pairings, Dan Nosowitz writes for Modern Farmer. Weed has ...

June, 12, 2015 Ag lobby: Final EPA water rule is worse than proposal

(Thehill) - The largest lobby group for farmers and ranchers declared Thursday that the Obama administration’s new rule asserting power over small waterways is worse than what had been proposed. The American Farm Bureau Federation, one of the most vocal opponents of the Environmental P...

June, 12, 2015 West Coast Drought Serves As Boon For Wine Industry In Washington State

(CBSSF) – When most people think of wine, the first area that comes to mind in the U.S. is Napa Valley, home to some of the most well-known and highly regarded wineries in the world. But a region that is quickly making a name for itself is Washington state, the number two wine producing re...

June, 12, 2015 New Corkscrew app makes wine lists searchable and considers wine preferences

(LATimes) - A new wine app called  Corkscrew  collects wine lists from restaurants, makes them searchable and, whenever you choose a wine, garners enough information over time to predict which wines you might like on the next list you open.  At launch this week, the app allows use...

June, 12, 2015 A surprising market for North Coast wine grapes

(WP) - The current market for California’s North Coast wine grapes is like nothing Brian Clements, vice president of Turrentine Brokerage, Novato, Calif. has seen in 25 years of matching sellers with buyers. Three straight years of larger than-average-crops followed by what currently looks...