Topic: Wine
Grape moth threatens Napa Valley growing method
AP News
Vintners worry destructive moth threatens low-impact growing methods in Napa ValleyWhen a voracious pest triggered a quarantine this week across much of Napa Valley — the nation's premier grape-growing region — it threatened more than the grapes themselves. The spraying of pesticides needed to control the European grapevine moth threatens to ...
Bordeaux newcomer outshines region as a whole
AFP Global Edition
A new classification of Bordeaux wines outperformed the region as a whole in 2009 sales, a wine producers' association said on Wednesday. The so-called "appellations" of Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon and Francs decided in 2004 to join together under the Cotes de Bordeaux label to improve performance in the international market ...
A tipple a day keeps obesity at bay: study
AFP Global Edition
Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than women who do not drink at all, according to a study published Monday. Researchers at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston asked more than 19,000 ...
Chile's wines spilled, production delayed by quake
Reuters Life! Online Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 125 million liters of Chilean wines worth roughly $250 million were spilled during the 8.8 magnitude earthquake last Saturday that killed more than 800 people and demolished cities and towns, a U.S. importer said on Thursday. "They estimated that they lost 12 percent of ...
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