Wine Industry News

  • Canadian cattle enjoy red wine with their feed

    British Columbia (AP) -- Western Canadian beef producers have found a novel way of putting the "bar" in barbecue. Angus cattle in British Columbia's Okanagan wine and cattle region are being fed red wine with their grain. Chefs in this Canadian Pacific Coast province said it makes for a unique beef ...
  • Costco sees opportunity in Wash. booze initiative

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — The cavernous stores in Costco's home state lack something you can find in its warehouses in California, Alaska and many other places: bottles of Maker's Mark, Absolut vodka and other popular brands of hard liquor.But two ballot measures on the November ballot — one heavily back...
  • Red-Wine Compound May Help Mend Broken Hearts

    Resveratrol sometimes seems like the duct tape of red wine—it has an infinite number of uses. A team of scientists now suggests the polyphenolic compound found in red wine may heal broken hearts. Their research, published online last week in the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, found th...
  • AMA recommends ban on cask wine

    The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is pushing to ban cask wine in the Northern Territory after a recent study was published in The Medical Journal of Australia. The study found that per capita consumption of pure alcohol for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in the Northern Territ...
  • Canadian harvest begins

    The Canadian harvest started today in Ontario's Niagara region, the earliest commercial picking there in more than 20 years. The early season bodes well for the marginal climate, which is notorious for its challenging ripening conditions. 'The early start will really benefit the Bordeaux red varieti...
  • Where oak is the exception, not the rule

    Alain Gautheron was repairing the bottling line when we arrived, and he offered a sweaty wrist in greeting instead of his grease-stained hand. His son, Cyril, and daughter-in-law, Gladys, welcomed us in the small and spare tasting room, with a curved bar on one side and a table on the other displayi...
  • Will Washington Legalize Virtual Wineries?

    Washington state’s wine industry is facing major change, and not just in the form of potential bids to privatize the state’s liquor retailing framework (see winesandvines.com Headline, July 19, “Washington Wineries Oppose Ballot Measure”). Rather, the Washington State Liquor Control Board an...

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