May, 07, 2018 Wine sleuths seek answers to the mystery of ‘smoke taint’

(Cen.Acs) - After the smoke had cleared from the October wildfires that ravaged more than 970 km2 in Northern California,  Anita Oberholster  started getting phone calls. Winemakers had harvested most of the grapes in the Golden State by the time the fires began—90% of the tonnag...

May, 07, 2018 Smoke Taint Of California Wine Grapes May Be An Issue For The 2017 Vintage

(Forbes) - Northern California experienced some the country’s worst fires this past October as flames, fed by the region's recent drought, which ravaged much of the north and some southern parts of the state. Luckily for most of the producers in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, approximately...

May, 06, 2018 PENFOLDS ‘COPYCAT’ FIRES BACK AT TWE

(TDB) - Rush Rich winery, accused by Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) of copycatting its flagship wine brand Penfolds, has fired back against the Australian wine giant with a cross claim in a federal court. “We reject, in the strongest terms, Treasury Wine Estate’s assertion that we have ...

May, 06, 2018 Exploring Rosé Winemaking Techniques

(Daily.Sevenfifty) - Once considered a simple summer swill, rosé has finally evolved into a serious, food-friendly wine that’s seen as a staple on the table worldwide. By now, almost all wine-producing countries make some form of rosé, stamping their own unique styles on viticu...

May, 02, 2018 Global wine production falls to 60-year low as harsh weather hits European vintage

(RT) - Wine output across the globe plunged to the lowest level in more than half a century after poor weather across Europe significantly impacted production, reports international wine organization OIV. According to the Paris-based agency, total wine output reached 250 million hectolit...

May, 02, 2018 Sheriff’s office ID's vineyard worker killed in Sonoma Valley tractor accident

(PD) - A Fairfield man died Tuesday morning after being crushed by a tractor implement he was cleaning in a Sonoma Valley vineyard, authorities said. Franklin Palacios Carrillo, 34, was found by another vineyard worker about 7:30 a.m. pinned beneath his tractor’s tiller attachment, th...

May, 02, 2018 Spring Creeps North, Slowly, in the East

(Wines&Vines) - Cold temperatures arrived with the New Year in January across the East, from Georgia to Pennsylvania and west to Ohio. The winter of 2018, however, was different from recent winters, in that the thermometer dropped to single digits in many areas, and then stayed there for weeks....

May, 02, 2018 A New Study Says State Political Campaign Contributions Affect Wine Excise Taxes

(Forbes) - For many years public relations professional and head of the  Specialty Wine Retailers Association , Tom Wark has blasted the  Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) for making large contributions to politicians in order to maintain its “monopoly” ...