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How El Niño Impacts a Wine Vintage This year’s “super El Niño” could be the strongest since 1950. Here’s what that means for winemakers around the world, from welcome rainfall to devastating storms. (SevenFifty Daily) Will They Come For the Official Beverage of the West? Advocates of wine

A Corked Bottle Can Smell Muted and Taste Flat. A Screw Cap Takes That Gample Away. In 2000 a Napa winery charged $10 more for its screw-capped Cabernet. Taste what a closure controls, in 3 experiments, one under $25. (Polished Palate) How forklift technology helps beverage warehouses Yale expert

A 600-Year-Old Wine Family Left Chianti's Rulebook in 1971. It Took Chianti 30 Years to Catch Up. Tignanello left the Chianti Classico rules in 1971, sold for about $6 in 1974 by Piero Antinori's account, and costs about $185 today. Chianti's grape

Is Robinson-Patman Back? What the Southern Glazer’s Settlement Means for the Wine Industry For decades, the Robinson-Patman Act has been something of a sleeping giant in U.S. competition law.  The law remained on the books but was rarely enforced by federal regulators. That changed in a

Can wine import reforms rescue California grape growers? Growers say wine imports and tax refunds hurt local grapes. Some vintners say they help exports. (The Press Democrat) How quitting drinking can change marriages and friendships Drinking less is becoming more common, and the social rules around sobriety are still catching

Decades after the Mondavis lost their California wine empire, their comeback winery is ready for its big debut “I’ve discovered that a bag of money doesn’t make up for a broken heart, but it does (lead to) a new love,” said Tim Mondavi, 75, the youngest son of