August, 15, 2013 Napa Valley: Grapegrower challenges use of wine ordinance

(NapaValleyRegister) - In a hearing in February, the Napa County Planning Commission took up the county’s 23-year-old Winery Definition Ordinance and an issue that has rankled some longtime Napa Valley grapegrowers — how county planning staff interpret the ordinance and apply it to olde...

August, 14, 2013 Options to Control Powdery Mildew Evaluated

(Wines&Vines) - Grapegrowers, vineyard managers, consultants, pest control advisors (PCAs) and ag chemical suppliers had the opportunity to inspect the results of 90 different fungicide spray treatments to control powdery mildew Aug. 7 as part of a University of California Cooperative Extension...

August, 14, 2013 How Would You Stop a Vineyard Apocalypse?

(WineSpectator) - Imagine a bacterial scourge that was silently spreading from vineyard to vineyard, striking down grapevines in their prime, bankrupting wineries and threatening to turn even the most basic of wines into a rare luxury. Take a deep breath. It's fiction, for now. But it's a horrible ...

August, 14, 2013 Chemists discover 23 new molecules in red wine

(HealthCanal) - Scientists have long espoused the health benefits of red wine. Now UBC chemists have discovered 23 new molecules that could mean there are even more vino virtues. Assoc. Prof. Cédric Saucier, who runs the Enology laboratory at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has spent years t...

August, 14, 2013 Canada: Just-add-water’ beer set for launch

(TheDrinksBusiness) - A Canadian brewer is preparing to launch a beer concentrate, that will become a normal ale when you add water and carbonate. Pat’s Backcountry Beverages is planning to launch the beer concentrate in the US and Canada in September and is hopeful that the UK and Europ...

August, 14, 2013 Gov. McDonnell: Sales of VA Wine Reach New All-Time High

(NBC29) - During a visit to the Eastern Shore's Chatham Vineyards on his "This Commonwealth of Opportunity" tour, Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that sales of Virginia wine reached another all-time high in Fiscal Year 2013, increasing by more than 5 percent from FY2012.  Virginia w...

August, 14, 2013 US: State wine restrictions come under fire

(Just-Drinks) - Restrictive laws in many US states are hampering consumers' access to wine and leaving drinkers “frustrated”, a new report has argued.  The American Wine Consumer Coalition (AWCC) study – 'Consuming Concerns' – grades the US' 50 states and the Dist...

August, 14, 2013 Drync raises $900K to expand wine-ordering app

(BizJournals) - Boston-based Drync , maker of a mobile app which lets wine drinkers order wines while they try them, on Wednesday announced it has raised $900,000 in angel funding to expand its fulfillment, marketing and product development. Drync initially launched a wine information app in...