environmental issues

Plus, Bordeaux goes organic and China’s domestic wine industry faces fraud accusations

Moët Serves the Golden Globes

Posted: January 13, 2011

News & Features : Wine Talk

A Designer Vineyard in Italy

Alberto Alessi plans to make world-class Chardonnay

Posted: November 30, 2010 By Jennifer Fiedler

Napa Valley is building a 44-mile path for cyclists and hikers through the heart of America's top wine region

Biking Through the Vines

Posted: November 24, 2010 By Lynn Alley

Plus, chef Madhur Jaffrey stars in the newest foodie film, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello cellar has been restored (and restocked), and a new type of solar power system in Sonoma

Siduri Goes High Fashion

Posted: November 18, 2010

Two court decisions back a state law restricting development in agricultural areas

Oregon Grapegrowers Hope to Preserve Farmland

Posted: November 9, 2010 By Lynn Alley

Plus, Rusty Staub’s charity auction earns over $1 million, more wineries come to the aid of the Gulf, and two winery foreclosures in Virginia

Wine Country Cheers on the San Francisco Giants

Posted: November 4, 2010

As government officials argue over water use in Sonoma and Mendocino, grapegrowers worry their crop will freeze

Russian River Rules

Posted: November 3, 2010 By Harris Meyer

The experienced owner of Château Pontet-Canet feels he is still learning his vineyard

A Sit-Down with Alfred Tesseron

Posted: November 1, 2010 By James Molesworth

As the owner of the well-respected Château Pontet-Canet, Alfred Tesseron has been around the block. I sat down with him here at my office today to talk about his latest efforts at the Pauillac property. After 30-plus years at the helm of Pontet-Canet, Tesseron is raising eyebrows with his conversion to biodynamic farming.

Plus, elephants lend a foot at an Oregon Riesling crush, and Sonoma’s St. Francis winery creates a Whale of a Chardonnay for a Gulf charity

Bode Miller's Winemaking Retirement Plans

Posted: October 28, 2010

A new, high-tech green winery changes the flavor of education and research at UC Davis

America's Leading Winemaking School Goes Platinum

Posted: October 27, 2010 By Dana Nigro

Plus, Cave de Tain tags a graffiti artist for a new label and ecofriendly Napa Valley harvest tourism

Sparkling Wine for Sparkling Seas

Posted: October 21, 2010

From Provencal rosé to Finger Lakes Riesling on tap, Bieler gets a wide range of wine to market

A Sit-Down with Charles Bieler

Posted: September 28, 2010 By James Molesworth

I’m not wet behind the ears any more, but not a grizzled veteran yet either. At least I think not. Still, I’ve been around the industry long enough to meet people who’ve set up shop in more than one wine region I cover—producing wine in both Chile and Argentina for example. Yet I’ve never met someone who overlaps with me quite the way Charles Bieler does. I sat down with him at my office last week to discuss Grenache in the Rhône, Malbec in Argentina and even Riesling in the Finger Lakes, among other things.

"Reapers" target genetically modified vines; Researchers try to educate wary French public about the benefits of research

French Activists Destroy Experimental Vineyard

Posted: September 14, 2010 By Ben O'Donnell

Plus, an irrigation invention that could save millions of gallons of water in the vineyard, and a blog-fueled dust-up over Veuve Clicquot in New Zealand

Eats, Shoots and Orders the Riesling

Posted: September 2, 2010

Aug. 31, 2010 Issue : News

Gulf Coast Chefs Wrestle With Spill

Posted: August 31, 2010 By Mitch Frank

Scientists find several yeast strains that could turn wild grasses into fuel for your car

Key to Alternative Fuel Could Be Winemaking Yeast

Posted: July 20, 2010 By Jacob Gaffney

A Sit-Down with Chile's Cristóbal Undurraga

Posted: June 24, 2010 By James Molesworth

I sat down with Chilean winemaker Cristobal Undurraga, of Vina Koyle, to discuss going green and biodynamic, plus just what it takes to start a winery from scratch.