Winexpression

Do you smoke? Do you drink wine? Do you smoke and drink wine? Me neither. But if you know someone who does, (heaven forbid), you can help them fortify their shriveled blackened lungs by informing them of the findings published today in the U.K. medical publication Thorax. The journal notes that red wine drinkers reduce […]

In a sign of change, Gossecross Cellars in Napa Valley has decided to enter the podcasting game. Using the name “Napa Valley Wine Radio”, the winery aims to give an insider’s look into the Napa Valley wine industry from a locals prospective. As with Wine Bloggers who continue to spring up, Podcasters dedicated to wine […]

With a little money (o.k. a lot of money) and some vision for the future, your winery can break free from it’s electric bill. Cline Cellars Carneros facility is now being operating off of it’s 2000 solar panels on it’s 50,000 square foot buildings roof, bill free. On those heavy days in the summer perhaps […]

Twenty wine producers from Saumur-Champigny, the “Heartland of variable Chenin-based sparkling and still wine” in the Loire Region of France, are coming together to plant a large area of their land with hedges and native plants to encourage the move in of beneficial insects. This is a great effort and step in the right […]

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is standing up for consumers in his state by Vetoing a bill that was still biased for local wholesalers. The bill wouldn’t allow shipping from wineries that produce more than 30,000 cases of wine direct to consumers if they had representation by local wholesalers within the past 6 months. The governor […]

At Joseph Phelps Winery in Napa Valley, there is a wonderful tasting program. A group of about 15 or so gather around a large table in a glass room for a fee of about $20. Each participant is presented with 5 wines, a sauvignon blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot, Red Blend, and a Young Cabernet Sauvignon. Also […]

Being the classy girl that she is, Christina Aguilera decided that a Napa Valley Winery - Staglin Family Vineyard, should play host for her wedding day. She must have taken a hint from Lindsay Lohan who is very familiar with Staglin after shooting the parent trap there in the late 90’s. 130 guests including Sharon […]

Winerybound.com aims to make it easy to find the wineries you want to visit by integrating Google maps. Google released it’s API, or code if you will, for it’s map service so people could integrate it onto their site. A few mixes that I like: www.housingmaps.com (uses craigslist housing listings for rentals and for sale […]

How did I miss this? Manufactured by Tasting International [Website], this is yet another solution to cork taint. The product is a copolymer that can naturally absorb the TCA in wine, and comes in the cute shape of a cluster of grapes. Simply drop it into the included decanter, pour your wet cardboard smelling wine […]

An interesting article on Decanter this morning describing the effects of trace amounts of iron, copper, and various other metals found naturally in grapes. Different levels of these metals can change the color of wine. The research was done ‘using Tempranillo samples grown by the vinicultural department at the University of Navarra in northern Spain’. […]