March, 28, 2013 Red Mountain Development Heats Up

(Wines&Vines) - The stage is set for greater development on Washington state’s Red Mountain, with the approval this week of a master site plan that envisions a 21-acre wine village and additional vineyard development. Originally drafted in 2007 under the leadership of Bend, Ore., landscap...

March, 28, 2013 Can Fracking and Farming Mix in America's Biggest Ag State?

(Yahoo) - We all know oil and water don’t mix, but what about oil extraction and water-intensive farming? Can both take place safely in California’s Central Valley? That’s the growing question as the nation’s biggest farm state comes ever closer to embracing hydraulic fractu...

March, 28, 2013 Canada: Federal funding for dairy, wine and microbrewery sectors

(AtlanticFarmFocus) - The federal government has invested in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island’s dairy, wine, and microbrewery sectors. "These projects will help the provinces' dairy, wine, and brewery sectors find new markets through innovation and help make our producers more profitabl...

March, 27, 2013 Climate change rewrites world wine list

(ChannelNewsAsia) - BORDEAUX: It's circa 2050 and shoppers are stopping off at Ikea to buy fine wine made in Sweden. A Nordic fantasy? Not according to climate experts who say the Earth's warming phase is already driving a wave of change through the world of wine. As new frontiers for grape growing...

March, 27, 2013 US: Iowa wine industry has exploded since 2000

(KWWL) -Iowa's wine industry has exploded since 2000, experts say, and grape growing conditions are now just weeks away. In fact, while many farmers dread the possibility of another year of drought, grape growers say too much moisture can cause disease in their crop. All throughout eastern Iowa, wi...

March, 27, 2013 US: Wente Builds a New Foundation

(Wines&Vines) - Since 1883, the Wente family has been making wine in the Livermore Valley east of San Francisco. To mark the 130th anniversary, the family formally established the Wente Foundation for Arts Education (WFAE), which will be headed by fifth-generation winegrower Christine Wente. ...

March, 27, 2013 A Start-Up Tries to Give Wine Spritzers a New Image and a Second Wind

( NYTimes ) - During the seven years she did product development and design for both Diesel in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Burton Snowboards in Burlington, Vt., Jayla Siciliano attended a lot of work-related parties and dinners and did plenty of social drinking. The problem was that she also had to ...

March, 27, 2013 Report flags up gaps for Champagne growth

( TheDrinksBusiness ) - Lanson International’s second annual Champagne Category Report has highlighted strong consumer demand for more information about how individual brands taste, as well as a major area of missed opportunity in the UK on-trade. Despite CGA Strategy reporting that the UK&rs...