winemaking
Napa's Most Famous Winemaker Rides a Helicopter to Work
Heidi Barrett, a winemaker at over half a dozen different wineries in the Napa Valley, is the woman behind some of California's best cult wines.
England Loves Wine So Much That It’s Making More of Its Own
Applications to open vineyards in England rose by more than 40 percent last year, and Brits are ready to show off their chops when it comes to winemaking—especially bubbly.
These Oakland Priests Are Growing Wine in a Cemetery and It’s Actually Pretty Good
Ashes to ashes, dust to ... wine? That’s the story at Bishop’s Vineyard in Oakland, California, which is one of a handful of wineries growing atop local cemeteries.
The MUNCHIES Guide to Moselle: Part 4
Billy visits Dorothee Zilliken and Matthias Knebel in their wine cellars, then joins world-famous German entertainer Thomas Anders for dinner before heading out into the Koblenz nightlife.
Robots May Save California's Wine Industry From the Drought
UC Davis is now developing cutting-edge winemaking technologies like irrigation sensors and robots that can reduce the amount of water needed to make one gallon of precious wine. That’s about a 90 percent improvement, by the way.
Slovenia Is Too Shy to Tell You How Great Its Wine Is
“If this were the US, maybe there’d be a Disneyland-style theme park built to the wine here but we’re shyer people,” says Robert Gorjak, one of Slovenia’s 10,000 little known winemakers and sellers.
Scotland's First Attempt at Wine Is 'Bizarre' and 'Undrinkable'
The winemaker behind Scotland's first home-grown wine has labeled his own creation "undrinkable," while one critic said he "enjoyed it in a bizarre, masochistic way.”
Texan Winemakers Want to Their State to Become the Next Napa Valley
To say that Texas is not known for its fine wine is to trade in understatement. But quietly—and perhaps surprisingly, especially in a state known for making itself heard—the industry here has boomed, with the number of wineries quadrupling in the last...
Could a Winemaker's Yeast Replace Palm Oil?
Palm oil is as ubiquitous as it is controversial. But researchers from the University of Bath have developed a method for turning a type of yeast used in wine production into a potential alternative.
Brutal War Can't Stop Lebanon's Wineries
Despite enduring a 15-year civil war, a massive influx of Syrian refugees escaping violence across the border, and the new threat of ISIS, Lebanon's winemakers in the Bekaa Valley refuse to stop producing some of the world's best wine.
Italian Nuns Are Making Orange Wine for God and the Rest of Us
Just north of Rome, a convent of nuns is taking on the world of natural booze. The sisters of Monastero Suore Cisterci produce two types of wine—blending their old-world techniques with contemporary tastes—that have earned them an international...
I Drank Melissa Etheridge's Weed-Infused Wine
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and dedicated medical marijuana activist recently unveiled her plans to become a spokeswoman for a high-end line of weed-infused “wine tinctures.” Naturally, I had to taste them myself.