October, 14, 2014 The French really, really need the Chinese to drink more wine again

(QZ) - French wine is having another bad year. Sales of Bordeaux abroad have fallen 18% to €1.8 billion ($2.3 billion) in the year to July, according to the comité interprofessionnel des vins de Bordeaux. Wine from Bordeaux, in the west of France, accounts for half the value of exports,...

October, 14, 2014 Grape growers: Early, quick harvest means few rain worries

(PD) - The threat of rain in mid-October would typically have winemakers and vineyard managers scrambling as they look to limit any damage caused by severe rot or other moisture-related harm to the North Coast’s most valuable crop. But the rainfall expected to come into the area beginning ...

October, 14, 2014 American singer Melissa Etheridge Starting a Line of Cannabis-Infused Wines

(Marijuana) - Oncologists told Melissa Etheridge that she could choose between treating the pain and nausea of her chemotherapy with marijuana or use pills. She took advantage of the marijuana option. No laws were broken because she lived in California when she was diagnosed with breast cancer...

October, 14, 2014 Pre-Roman Meets Modern Italian Wine

(Wine-Searcher) - A modern Italian winery has a seriously Old World history beneath its vineyards. Wineries often boast about their long histories, but few can claim a heritage that stretches back quite as far as Casale del Giglio in Italy. An innovative, high-tech operation, the Santarelli f...

October, 14, 2014 Bulgarian wine to see surge of foreign investment

(Decanter) - Up to 11 new wineries will be established in Bulgaria by foreign investors over the new few years the country's official agency on winegrowing and winemaking has revealed According to Krasimir Koev, executive director of the Bulgarian State Agency on Winegrowing and Winemaking (BSAW...

October, 14, 2014 Wine Talk: Patrick Dempsey The Grey’s Anatomy star on how wine fits into his healthy lifestyle

(WineSpectator) - Patrick Dempsey is best-known as McDreamy, né Derek Shepherd, from the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. His many film credits range from romantic comedies (Maid of Honor, Sweet Home Alabama) to science-fiction flicks (Transformers: Dark of the Moon). And the Golden G...

October, 14, 2014 Cal Grants to Benefit Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - California’s Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) recently announced awards of $19.88 million in its 2014 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. CDFA defines specialty crops as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops inc...

October, 13, 2014 California aquifers contaminated with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater

(RT) - Industry illegally injected about 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into central California drinking-water and farm-irrigation aquifers, the state found after the US Environmental Protection Agency ordered a review of possible contamination. According to documents obtained by the Cen...