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Adelaide - Australia's wine industry hopes all its exports will meet new environmental standards by 2014. Wine and grape growers on Monday launched EntWine Australia, a voluntary environmental assurance scheme.
Having made about a hundred and nine trips to wine country, we're definitely over the big name, flashy, tchotchke- and gift-laden tasting rooms serving up merely drinkable wine at high-end prices. Give us a shitshack or a shed and some amazing wine and we're happy. That's not to say that the tasting room at Elyse Winery is a shed -- it's just a simple room in a simple ranch house, right off of ...
While many Bay Area residents bemoan this week's cold temperatures, grape growers in the wine country are heralding the cold snap as good news for spring crops.
The last time "Wine Buzz" caught up with Garth Hodgdon, the sommelier from Sacramento was on his daily commute to Bouchon bistro in the Napa Valley.
Calaveras County's standing as a wine enclave is established today. But that wasn't the case 30 years ago, when only a few vintners saw potential for wine grapes amid the pines and poison oak.
Three environmental watchdog groups said they expect to go to court next year to make state regulators get tougher with North Coast wine industry stream diversions that endanger native fish habitat.
You used to stop into Bunce's Place on Mill Street in Grass Valley for a frosty drink. Starting in February, you'll have to settle for something at room temperature, possibly a merlot. The Dog Bar Road- based Smith Vineyards purchased Bunce's in October and owners Chris and Gary Smith plan to turn the building into a tasting room. Construction is underway and the Smiths plan to open the building ...
Wine columnist Garry Scholz works with Ilene Dudunake of A New Vintage in Meridian to create a case of delicious wine for the enthusiast on your gift list.
Sonoma Valley's Landmark Vineyards and Gloria Ferrer both made the Wine Spectator's Top 100 wines list for 2009.
Avondale Wine & Cheese: 813B Savannah Highway, West Ashley. Wine-and-cheese tastings 5-7 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, $5. Boone Hall Farms: Free weekly wine tasting at Boone Hall Farms Market, 2521 U.S. Highway 17, Mount Pleasant. 856-8154. 5:30-7 p.m. Thursdays.
Australian winemakers who care about the environment as much as their vintages can now seek formal recognition for their green credentials under a voluntary certification scheme.
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