April, 05, 2015 Maverick wine guru Tim Hanni rethinks the pour

Throw away your Wine Wheel. Disregard the precious pairings from restaurant sommeliers. This Master of Wine insists that much of what you’ve been taught about fermented grapes is just plain wrong. Allow Tim Hanni to demonstrate. He is a legend of wine who coined the flavor term "umami," and is ...

April, 05, 2015 California winemakers hit hard by drought

As Californians settle into the new water restrictions being imposed throughout the state, which see restaurants to homeowners cutting back on water usage, one group that will be noticing a big impact are the winemakers in places like Napa Valley. Manila Chan speaks with Lindsay France from RT's Los...

February, 10, 2015 African Animals Getting Drunk From Ripe Marula Fruit

Animals accidentally getting drunk on fermented fruit is not an uncommon occurrence. In Africa, stories and videos about about elephants and other animals becoming intoxicated after eating fermented marula fruit lying on the ground are common. However, this effect has been discredited by experts,...

January, 30, 2015 Pinocchio barrique Bottle Trailer

Pinocchio Barrique Bottle is the first bottle that allows you to put your own signature even on a just one bottle production! It's about time! Pinocchio Barrique Bottle is suitable for all beverages with an alcohol content more than 12°, even previously bottled. When talking about aging in wo...

December, 30, 2014 Korbel winemaker lies about Champagne and sparkling wine

What's the difference between Champagne and sparkling wine? How would you answer that question? The correct answer is "Champagne is a kind of sparkling wine that comes from the Champagne region in France." But that's not what the head winemaker from Korbel said on the San Francisco Fox affiliate,...

December, 15, 2014 Escaped penguins take over Oddbins store

Oddbins has released footage of five penguins running riot at one of their stores as part of its gloriously offbeat “Keeping it Real” Christmas campaign. When we employed Pepita, a Mexican penguin with a passion for wine and a gob to go with it, as The Face of Oddbins Christmas 2014, we had n...