News tagged with vintners
Smartphones help world's winemakers foil fraudsters
For Charles Pillitteri, the fight against fraudsters began when he discovered fake bottles of his Canadian ice wine in Taiwan in 1998.
Jul 10, 2011 |
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For California vintners, it's not easy being green
"Green" labels do not pack the same wallop for California wines that they do for low-energy appliances, organically grown produce and other environmentally friendly products, but it's not because there's anything wrong with ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Research shows fine wine investors should diversify
Wine investors are warned not to put all their eggs in one French basket in a new report from the University of East Anglia.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 30, 2012 |
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First aid for winemakers
Whether or not a wine turns out to be as outstanding as the winemaker hopes depends on the quality of the yeasts; they control the fermentation process and create the distinctive flavor. A new sensor allows ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Champagne bottle gets green makeover
Go to Google looking for "green wine," and you'll be greeted with a flood of information on how the global wine industry is taking steps to green its grapes, bottles, processes and more. Many wineries are eschewing pesticides ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Moth forces wine country's secret into the open
(AP) -- One of the dirty secrets of California's wine country is now on everyone's lips.
Mar 27, 2010 |
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Sensing disasters from space
One small step for mankind is now a leap for averting natural and man-made disasters on earth.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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California sprouts marijuana 'green rush'
(AP) -- A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his ...
Jul 18, 2009 |
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'Lab on a chip' to measure water stress in plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifteen years ago, when Alan Lakso first sought to enlist Cornell's nanofabrication laboratory to develop a tiny sensor that would measure water stress in grapevines, the horticultural sciences ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Watching the wine with new technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Steeped in tradition, Europe’s vintners have found themselves hard pressed to compete with the modern processes used to produce New World wines. Now European researchers are offering the continent’s winemaking ...
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Tiny pest-eating insect fights fruit flies
Farmers and vineyard owners have a new weapon in their pest management arsenal. A commonly used parasitoid, or parasitic insect that kills its host, has proven to be quite effective in the control of fruit ...
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Dec 06, 2007 |
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Good earth: Chemists show origin of soil-scented geosmin
Brown University chemists have found the origins of an odor – the sweet smell of fresh dirt. In Nature Chemical Biology, the Brown team shows that the protein that makes geosmin – source of the good earth scent – has two si ...
Sep 16, 2007 |
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