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New Groundwater Laws May Be Coming to California's Premier Wine-Growing Region
The aquifers in question are located in the Sonoma Lowlands sub-basin, and they are each a vital source of irrigation water for grape growing.
Can Locals in Napa Stave Off a Troublesome Mega-Vineyard?
In California wine country, environmentalists and vintners have kept an uneasy peace. Corporate overreach and damage to the environment are fracturing it.
A new study finds that global warming is changing the way climate influences wine grape harvests, with potential implications for wine quality in the future.
Think Alcohol's Good for You? Not So Fast, Researchers Say
It turns out the benefits of light to moderate drinking might have been exaggerated.
We Prefer Merlot With a Hint of Altruism
New research finds consumers like products more if the companies that produced them are perceived as morally good.
Americans Now Love Wine as Much as Beer
Over the past five years, wine has made massive gains in the hearts of Americans.
How Wine Tasting is More -- and Less -- of a Scam Than You Thought
Labels, prices, reputations. They're as much a part of your wine-tasting experience as the juice itself.
First and Last Competitors Have the Edge
A wine-tasting experiment finds that in judging one item against another, the first and last have a distinct advantage over those stuck in the middle of the pack.
Attacking Alzheimer’s with a Toke and a Tipple
Red wine and marijuana — but not ginkgo — may help ward off the disease.