Your favorite wines may soon cease to exist. Some of the world’s traditional wine regions, from Europe to Southern California, are at risk of almost completely disappearing within decades, researchers found, as the conditions necessary to produce their grapes grow more unfruitful due to climate change. As humans continue to burn fossil fuels, the planet … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. To the despair of France’s medical establishment, dry wine has won out over dry January. It’s that time of year when — bleary eyed and a few kilos heavier from too many festive toasts — many of us swear off alcohol, at least for … Read more
Dave Phinney is gesticulating with a giant bandage wrapped around his index finger, an injury that serves up one of the Napa Valley winemaker’s myriad anecdotes: that he sliced it open while attempting to perforate a can late at night. Harvest is wrapped, and Phinney is years removed from the hard labor of picking or … Read more
If you want to start a spirited debate at your next holiday meal, ask your guests which country invented wine. France, Italy, or Greece might come to mind. But most scholars say Georgia – the small former Soviet Republic, is the birthplace of wine. Scientists say wine residue found on pieces of pottery in Georgia … Read more
Monstera Production/Pexels / Pexels Everyone has their favorite thing on the Thanksgiving table. For some, it’s the green bean casserole. For others, it’s the cranberry sauce. For me, it’s the wine. For many, many reasons, wine is an absolute necessity on Thanksgiving. Whether your intentions are pure and you’re looking for the perfect pairing that … Read more
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Nickelodeon is launching its first-ever Food & Slime Festival. Photo / Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Each week in Travel, we check out some of the latest happenings from Aotearoa and beyond to inspire your next adventure. Slime flies when you’re having fun Nickelodeon is launching its first-ever Food & Slime Festival: the event you didn’t … Read more
In a recent article published in the journal Nutrients, researchers selected two red wines made from Zweigelt grape varietals cultivated in Hokkaido, Japan, in different vintage years, 2015 and 2018, to assess their effect on vascular and platelet function in healthy adult men. Study: The Effect of Hokkaido Red Wines on Vascular Outcomes in Healthy Adult … Read more
By Mike Watkins / Special for Bottles & Barrels From the outside, Elkhorn’s Bottles & Barrels looks like your typical liquor store. A quick peer through the windows reveals your standard cooler full of beer and shelves holding varying bottles of wine and liquor available for purchase. Bottles & Barrels 5331 S. 204th Ave., Suites … Read more
When I first moved to France just over four years ago, I was nervous about how I would adjust to the French way of living. As a California native, it had always been easy for me to maintain a healthy lifestyle—healthy food options were endless, gyms were open from dawn until midnight, and a general … Read more
What’s more, the French drink their wine much more socially than the British, she says, usually chatting to their friends and family over a meal. “The [French] social health is much better, they’re sitting with more people, they’re interacting with more people. In France they still have a proper lunch break, they sit down away … Read more