September, 10, 2017 Back to Burgundy – Film review

A newly released film in the UK throws the spotlight on family politics and ever-rising land prices in the world of Burgundy wine, wrapped in well-shot scenes of the highs and lows of winemaking, writes Rosi Hanson. What is the film about? Three siblings are thrown into turmoil when their fat...

May, 04, 2016 Would you taste wine from a cemetery's vineyard?

(KCRA) - A new winemaker in Sacramento is creating a new blend of wine that may be considered a little spooky: a vineyard growing alongside the dead inside a cemetery. ...

February, 29, 2016 Best Bar Drinks That Fit Your Diet

Sometimes you just want to have fun and enjoy your occasional drink, but it's hard to do that on a diet. The next best thing you can do is understand what you're drinking....

February, 22, 2016 How do you stay focused on your goals?

Gary Vaynerchuk builds businesses. Fresh out of college he took his family wine business and grew it from a $3M to a $60M business in just five years. Now he runs VaynerMedia, one of the world's hottest digital agencies. Along the way he became a prolific angel investor and venture capitalist, inves...

December, 30, 2015 The Potential of Drones in Precision Viticulture

Granted a fellowship by the Villa d'Este Wine Symposium, viticulturalist William Metz spent a year evaluating the potential applications of drones in wine making – flying a senseFly-donated eBee mapping UAV at 15 vineyards across France, Switzerland and Germany. Here William summarises his project...

November, 23, 2015 Somm: Into the Bottle

SOMM: INTO THE BOTTLE is the follow up to writer/director Jason Wise’s 2013 cult-hit SOMM. SOMM: INTO THE BOTTLE raises the curtain into the seldom seen world that surrounds the wine we drink. How many people understand how wine is produced? How it is grown? What goes on in the cellar? From th...