Tag: Harvest

Rack & Riddle Announces Facility Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting: Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services, one of the largest custom crush and winemaking companies in the North Bay area, today announced its new Healdsburg facility is fully operational...

Scientists use grape chemistry to forecast wine flavour: Researchers in Australia believe they may be able to influence a wine's flavour and aroma by manipulating the chemical make-up of grapes while still on the vine...

Drought fails to dampen California spirits for 2014 harvest: Many winemakers in California believe the state's drought will not drastically affect this year's harvest, which they say is running two weeks early and is expected to yield a healthy crop...

Where the biggest beer, wine, and liquor drinkers live in the U.S.:    America's thirst for alcohol might know no boundaries, but certain parts of the country do seem especially parched...

Grape harvest begins early in Temecula Wine Country: Experiencing the grape harvest in the local vineyards has rarely been on a July to-do list but thats just what is happening now in the vineyards of Temeculas Wine County and across the state...

Will El Nino be enough to break California’s drought?: California is stuck in an oppressive drought. For nearly a year, drought conditions have domination the states landscape, resources and concerns. According to the latest Drought Monitor report, 79 percent of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought as of July 8...

California's drought getting even worse, experts say: California's drought conditions have worsened over the past week with the percentage of the state suffering from the highest category increasing, the National Weather Service said Thursday...

Wine, beer, & spirits groups find more, not less, benefit in sharing their stories: Most who enjoy adult beverages don't confine themselves to one particular type of drink. A craft beer or hard cider on a hot day, cocktails on Friday evening with friends and a fine wine with dinner at a good restaurant all have their place in contemporary lifestyles...

September 20, 2013 – Santa Rosa, CA - Sonoma County’s 2013 harvest season has seen a flurry of activity both in the vineyards and...