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Colorado 2008: Great Year For Local Wines
Poor Denver is losing one of its hometown papers, the Rocky Mountain News. But the nearly 150 year old newspaper did not leave without reporting quality wine news to the end. The News recently wrote about how 2008 should be a great vintage for Color...
Vitis Vinifera Explained
So what exactly are Vitis Vinifera grape varietals? One columnist takes a stab at explaining, plus adds in a nifty mention of Grand Junction and Palisade in the process.Under the headlines, "From the Mailbag" Journal Inquirer Eugene Spaziani writes:Q...
Climate Change, Part 2: A Liberal Perspective
Isabel Cowles at the liberal blog, Huffington Post, has written an interesting perspective on how global warming will drastically alter vineyards around the world. While she agrees with the CNBC article by Sam Harsop, which we published earlier in th...
Global Warming Could Push Grapes to Higher Altitudes
As the planet warms, crops will struggle in climates where they once thrived. Grapes are no different. or so says CNBC contributer Sam Harrop, a Master of Wine, a winemaking consultant and co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge, the largest ...
New Soil Monitoring System Takes Terroir Wireless
Imagine a future of managing a vineyard's microclimates, where every grape stock is monitored wirelessly. Well, that future is now amongst the vines at the Stagecoach Vineyard in Napa. Tom Abate, Staff Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, examines...
