September, 17, 2013 Wine: North Coast growers seek homes for extra grapes

(NBBJ) - Suspicions in the industry that the 2013 North Coast winegrape crop would be sizable are gaining greater weight as many of the grapes for sparkling wine are past that early round of harvest are in the winery, picking white wine grapes is under way and the first red wine grapes are approach...

September, 17, 2013 Austria set for small 2013 harvest after extreme weather

(Decanter) - Austria's vineyards are facing their fourth consecutive small harvest in 2013, thanks to a combination of hail, drought and poor weather during flowering.  The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) said this year’s crop was expected to deliver 2.4m hectolitres of wine, mor...

September, 17, 2013 Wine Grape Harvest Picks Up in Sonoma County

(Wines&Vines) - Growers and winemakers throughout Sonoma County report that the phenomenal vintage of 2012 could well be matched by 2013. Grapes appear to be enjoying uniform ripening, and the quality of the fruit arriving at wineries has been excellent. “Everything is amazing,” ...

September, 17, 2013 Chemical behind corked wine quashes other aromas

(ScienceNews) - The musty stench emanating from a corked bottle of wine comes from a molecule that paradoxically dampens odors. Instead of smelling gross itself, this dreaded chemical, called TCA, unleashes its devastation by suppressing other smells, scientists  propose  September 1...

September, 16, 2013 Spain's Most Expensive Wines

(Wine-Searcher) - You can pick up a decent glass of local wine for as little as one euro in Spain's bars, but the country is also home to a number of producers whose wines command some pretty hefty prices. While Spain isn’t going to lose its "value for money" spot in Europe’s wine hi...

September, 16, 2013 NZ fights tide of knockoff plonk with talk of regional wine trademark

(TheAustralian) - WHEN the first winemakers harvested grapes in New Zealand’s Marlborough in the 1970s, they joined an army of New World vintners taking on established producers like France and Spain . Now, New Zealand's winemakers are resorting to an Old World tactic to fend off a challenge ...

September, 16, 2013 Intel powers a processor using a glass of wine at IDF 2013

(Geek) - Intel has made its name building fast x86 processors that have increased processing power many times over in the last few decades. As the world turns more toward mobile computing, Intel’s brand of high-power chips is becoming less relevant. The company has been creeping into th...

September, 16, 2013 World's Best Food Markets

(HuffingtonPost) - Andrew Zimmern names his favorite food markets around the world: "Through all of my travels, I've found that there's no better way to feel the pulse of a city or to understand the local culture than to visit a market. I can learn more about a people and their way of life here...