July, 03, 2018 DEPORTATION THREAT TO JAPANESE WINEMAKERS CAUSES OUTCRY IN FRANCE

(TDB) - The case of a Japanese winemaking couple facing deportation from France has caused an outcry in the country. Rie and Hirofumi Shoji (pictured) make a red wine from their 3.5 hectare vineyard near the pretty seaside town of Collioure near Banyuls in Roussillon. Having lived in France l...

July, 03, 2018 County fire in Yolo‑Napa counties surpasses 60,000 acres

(PD) - The wildland fire that started last weekend in Yolo County has exploded into the largest blaze of the season and served as an early signal that a region traumatized by October’s deadly fires will spend the next several months warily watching the skies. Officially called the Cou...

July, 02, 2018 Drinking Through All 50 States

(Winemag) - Each state in the U.S. showcases their distinct characteristics in their drinking and dining scenes. So to show off this diversity, we’ve chosen our favorite bottles and restaurants from sea to shining sea. Ernest Hemingway put it best when he said, “Don’t bother wi...

July, 02, 2018 Washington Wineries Move to Former Brewery

(Wines&Vines) - Woodinville, Wash.—Sparkman Cellars and DeLille Cellars made what one described as a “game changing” move to set up shop in a vacant brewery once operated by Redhook.  “There is not another Redhook,” says Chris Sparkman, director of winemaki...

July, 02, 2018 Chinese estates in Bordeaux seized in fraud investigation

(TDB) - French fraud investigators have confiscated 10 estates in Bordeaux belonging to the Chinese Haichang Group over alleged financial irregularities involved in their original purchase. Officers from the Central Office for the Repression of Major Financial Crime (OCRGDF) have frozen the owne...

July, 02, 2018 Fire Risk for Napa County Vineyards

(Wine Searchers) - Growers are keeping an anxious eye on two large fires in Wine Country. A big wildfire has crossed over into Napa County, less than a year after the region was devastated by one of the worst fire outbreaks in northern California history. The air was brown in San Francisco, a...

July, 02, 2018 Trade War Worries for Winemakers

(Wine Searcher) - Could wine be the next victim in the brewing trade war? Most stories on the escalating US trade wars have focused on the impact on American businesses of EU (and Chinese) tariffs on products like Wisconsin cheese and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. What nobody is talking about,...

July, 02, 2018 WHAT EVERY GUY TRYING TO BUILD MUSCLE AND LOSE FAT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DRINKING ALCOHOL

(GuyStandard) - Being a bodybuilder doesn’t mean you stop living other parts of your life. There are going to be some social situations where you want to drink beer or liquor with your friends. Should you be concerned about it affecting your gains in the gym? To drink or not to drink? In t...