March, 14, 2013 Big kerfuffle in Italy over so-called natural wines

(LATimes) - Sotto wine director and blogger Jeremy Parzen is keeping up with this story over at his Italian wine blog Do Bianchi. It seems that Gambero Rosso, a gastronomy magazine that publishes wine guides and selects top wines each year to receive its Tre Bicchieri award, has come out against the...

March, 14, 2013 California officials unveil Delta tunnel plan

(FresnoBee) - A massive plan to build new plumbing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California's most important water supply, began trickling out Thursday as state officials released hundreds of pages of draft documents. Known as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the major features of the pro...

March, 14, 2013 New Pope Francis enjoys wine, coffee but skips Argentine empanadas and parilla

(NBCLatino) - Red wine is a traditional component of Catholic communion, but the newly-appointed Pope Francis has been known to enjoy an occasional glass of wine outside the sacred religious ceremony, revealing that a man who is known for his austerity still relishes some of the specialties Argentin...

March, 14, 2013 Brunello di Montalcino: How a Tuscan wine kept growing

(BBCNews) - The Italian economy has been shrinking for the last six quarters, but there remain bright spots, and Italian vineyards - which have produced more wine than their French counterparts for four of the past five years - are one. The story of Brunello di Montalcino shows how a fine wine can s...

March, 14, 2013 Top 10 brands ruling social media

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Across many areas social media has become an increasingly important avenue for promotion and the alcohol industry is no different. Diageo-FacebookLast year a leading expert told the drinks business that social media is now so important to the wine world that wineries who put...

March, 14, 2013 Researchers turn winemaking waste into fiber supplement, food preservative and flowerpots

(Phys) —Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered how to turn the pulp from crushed wine grapes into a natural food preservative, biodegradable packaging materials and a nutritional enhancement for baked goods. The United States wine industry creates a tremendous amount of waste from...

March, 14, 2013 California Farmers Press Congress for Immigration Bill

(GoldRushCam) - Even as Congress struggled with sequestration and other budget matters, members from both sides of the aisle told California Farm Bureau Federation representatives they believe momentum is continuing toward comprehensive reform of federal immigration law—and that a revised agricult...

March, 13, 2013 NZ wine industry may see 'pretty strong harvest'

(DailyMercury) - THE wine industry risks slipping back into overproduction as one of the driest summers in living memory provides outstanding grape-growing conditions across the country, says an analyst. This year's vintage is expected to be bigger than the 269,000-tonne harvest in 2012, which wa...