It’s been said the tradition of clinking glasses together in a toast was developed to thwart would-be poisoners. Liquid from one glass would splash into another until everyone—including the poisoner—held their mortality in their stemware.The controversial findings of an independent Denver-based laboratory that analyzes wines, beers and spirits may render the tradition moot. via Is […]

“The cellar could have held up to 2,000 litres of wine” given the cellar’s proximity to the ruins of a 6,000 square-metre Middle Bronze Age palace, researchers now believe the wines would have been used for palatial parties and feasts. Read More…

August 25, 2014 a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook the wine country north of San Francisco, causing massive damage to the town and vineyards of Napa. “major shifts in the soil could impact the way the vines get water” Read More…