March, 18, 2015 California drought: State OKs sweeping restrictions on water use

(SFGate) - California officials approved a package of far-reaching water restrictions Tuesday, limiting homes and businesses in much of the Bay Area and elsewhere to just two days of outdoor watering per week while cracking down on the way restaurants and hotels use water. The rules mark unprecede...

March, 18, 2015 Jailbreaking yeast could amp up wine's health benefits, reduce morning-after headaches

(Eurekalert) - University of Illinois scientists have engineered a "jailbreaking" yeast that could greatly increase the health benefits of wine while reducing the toxic byproducts that cause your morning-after headache. "Fermented foods--such as beer, wine, and bread--are made with polyploi...

March, 18, 2015 Port Slowdown Hinders Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - After working without a contract for seven months, dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports breathed a sigh of relief Feb. 20, when labor negotiators reached a tentative working agreement. But many suppliers serving the wine industry are still waiting for their shipments to be deliver...

March, 18, 2015 Dispute over $1.2 million turns deadly at Napa Valley vineyard

(LATimes) - A l oan dispute over $1.2 million turned sour Monday when authorities said a Napa Valley vintner gunned down an investor among the grapevines in his vineyard, then later turned the gun on himself. Robert Dahl, owner of Dahl Vineyards in Yountville, and business investor Emad Rasmy T...

March, 17, 2015 How to drink beer like a local around the world

(WP) - Travel the world, and you'll find there's quite a bit of disagreement about what the best—or at least preferred—beer looks like. Sure, Americans love Bud Light (and a lot of other watery stuff). But just north of the border, in Canada, the beer of choice is Bud Light's heavier...

March, 17, 2015 Napa County: Don't destroy our signature industry

(NVR) - Every citizen of Napa County should be afraid of those few locals who are shouting out against our wine industry and its future growth. Remember, we have no other cash cow -- and to create another one that might work here would take 50 years and more money than we have. Slaughterhouses ...

March, 17, 2015 St. Patrick's Day and What the O'bamas Do to Celebrate

(ABCNews) - The White House is quite festive when it comes to holidays, decking the halls for Christmas, hosting the traditional Easter egg hunts and turning spooky for Halloween. Today it’s St. Patrick’s Day, or St. Patty’s Day, that the O'bamas are doing a jig for and going gre...

March, 17, 2015 Texas Farmers Turn to Grapes as State’s Wine Industry Grows

(WSJ) - This remote swath of West Texas, dotted with bobbing oil-pump jacks and Angus steers, is never going to be confused with California’s Napa Valley or Bordeaux. But among the rows of white-tufted cotton plants that have long been the area’s cash crop, farmers are increasingly cul...