"In a perfect world, if I could have hydrogen run the wastewater pond, that would be a home run," says Napa Wine Company general manager Sheldon Parker. For now, this remains a conceptual study.
Seven Yakima wineries and wine tasting rooms have teamed with a majority of restaurants in the city's refurbished downtown to encourage diners to "bring their own."
MPs and senators intend to sidestep a law that prevents other citizens from ordering wine out of province when they sip wines from the country's top producers at a special tasting in the House of Commons dining room later this year.
Napa County Farm Bureau announced the release of a unique gift for wine lovers: the 2010 Napa Uncovered Calendar where 14 farmers are showing more than their farmer's tan. The proceeds support Napa County Agricultural Preservation.
Local alcohol laws do not always look favorably on wineries sampling and selling their wares at farmers markets. Maryland restricts its 30 or so wineries to three special-event permits per county per year.
In an interview in Meininger's Wine Business International in June, Boisset said, 'the only venture is one of love, nothing else. The idea of an international blend doesn't attract us much.'