November, 26, 2012 US: Salmon still not receiving promised water

(SFGate) - October marked 20 years since the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, a water project aimed at restoring the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, went into effect. After many years of damage caused by water diversions from the delta, Congress acted to fix some obvious problems. Rep. Ge...

November, 26, 2012 Coppola's transformation of Rubicon to Inglenook complete

(Decanter) - Francis Ford Coppola is close to completing the restoration of California's Inglenook, after using the name to rebrand his Rubicon wine for the release of the 2009 vintage. Rubicon has re-assumed the Inglenook name and an 'almost exact' replica of its post-Prohibition era label. The ...

November, 26, 2012 Wine writer ‘not dead’

(TheDrinksBusiness) - A few days ago I read my obituary in the drinks business. It wasn’t just me that had expired, but the small sub-species I belong to. “The Wine Writer is Dead” declared the headline above a report on Andrew Jefford’s comments to the European Wine Bloggers conference i...

November, 26, 2012 Short wine supplies will lead to flexibility on provenance

(Harpers) - A new era of tight global wine supplies will weaken the age-old divide between New World and Old World, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers retail analyst. Supermarkets' need to put wine on shelves at the best possible price will require them to become more flexible on provenance, acc...

November, 25, 2012 The Australian Wine Explosion (Part 2)

(TheStandard) - Australia is probably the driest continent on earth, so any type of agricultural industry is going to be tough. The making of a well-known brand, especially one which has become of great national significance, involves the coming together of several pieces of the jigsaw puzzle at ...

November, 25, 2012 Wine pairings for the post-apocalypse: What to drink with rats, dog food, and more

(IO9) - Let's say that in your post-apocalyptic wanderings, you stumble across a home or restaurant with a particularly sturdy—and well stocked—wine cellar. Suddenly you have a plethora of varietals at your fingertips, but your daily diet still consists of SPAM, small rodents, and MREs. How do y...

November, 25, 2012 Australian wines overflow at Chinese tables

(Xinhua)-- As demand for high-quality wine in China continues to rise, the future is looking bright for Australian exports, a third-generation winemaker has said recently. Over the past four years, China's enthusiasm for Australian wine has flourished. Between 2007 and 2010, total sales to China ...

November, 25, 2012 A glass of wine please, say Canadians who are moving to more wine drinking

(CalgaryHerald) - Canadians are increasingly reaching for a glass of Beaujolais instead of beer and they're also drinking more domestic wines, says a new study on Canadian drinking habits. Consumers bought an average of 22 bottles of wine in 2011, up from 13 in 1995, found the Bank of Montreal's ...