March, 11, 2013 Nutrients not the cause of minerality

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Minerality in wine is most likely to stem from volatile thiols or esters and not directly from nutrients in the soil, according to this month’s edition of the drinks business. Stoney vineyard in France Research shows that it’s impossible to get so-called “minerality” ...

March, 11, 2013 Gangnam Style Wine Videos: What Winemakers Do During Off-Season

(Forbes) - Winemaking isn’t all barrels and grapes, even winemakers know it’s smart to take a break from the stress of harvest, bad weather, critical reviews and other myriad wine industry issues. John Jordan, owner of Jordan Winery in Sonoma County, and his team spend their scant spare time sho...

March, 11, 2013 Bolivia's Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope

(Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales suggested on Monday that the next Pope try wine made from coca leaf, something Bolivians have chewed for centuries and can also be used to make cocaine. Morales, himself a former coca leaf farmer who has fought to decriminalise its use by indigenous peop...

March, 11, 2013 New EU classifications to result in price hike for made-wine products: WSTA

(WDBR) - The introduction of new EU customs classifications may result in increase in excise duty and value added tax (VAT) for some made-wine products, according to The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), a UK-based organization representing over 340 wine and spirits companies. The changes...

March, 11, 2013 Wine Industry: Vintner launches semisweet ‘agavé wine’

(NBBJ) - Agavé Garden (agavegarden.com) is not grape wine, but it is fermented in local wine country and shipped in wine bottles. It’s not distilled like tequila, but it is made from organic syrup of Agavé tequilana weber, or blue agave. This “fine agavé wine” is the work of custom vintner ...

March, 10, 2013 New drug being developed using compound found in red wine 'could help humans live until they are 150'

(DailyMail) - Drugs that could combat ageing and help people to live to 150-years-old may be available within five years, following landmark research. The new drugs are synthetic versions of resveratrol which is found in red wine and is believed to have an anti-ageing effect as it boosts activity o...

March, 10, 2013 Golden Woman Hangs Upside Down, Pours Napa Valley Wine

(Bloomberg) - “We’re trending above Nascar and the Oscars on twitter,” crows auctioneer Fritz Hatton, as he opens the 17th Premiere Napa Valley trade barrel auction with sharp bangs of his gavel. Everyone cheers, primed to bid big on cabernet after a week of wooing by vintners at tastings a...

March, 10, 2013 Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol

(ScienceNews) - Alcohol may give heavy drinkers more than just a buzz. It can also fuel their brains, a new study suggests. Long-term booze use boosts brain levels of acetate, an energy-rich by-product of alcohol metabolism, researchers report online March 8 in the Journal of Clinical Investigati...