From his own experience, author and ex-winery owner Thomas Pellechia offers these tips for winery neophytes and wanna-bes:Read full story

Both beer and wine have histories spanning thousands of years. This is the first book to compare them from the perspectives of history, technology, nature of the market for each, quality attributes, types and styles, and the effect that they have on human health and nutrition. Click For More Details

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The Greek word, sympotein, means literally “to drink together.” In the era of Socrates and Plato, the symposium was a central part of Greek culture: a gathering where men consumed wine freely and debated the issues of the day. Joining Beer & Philosophy and Food & Philosophy in the “Epicurean Trilogy”, the essays herein reflect [...]

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Silicon Valley entrepreneur T.J. Rodgers, president and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., has commenced construction on a sizeable winery in the foothills of La Honda.Read full story

New (1998) third edition of the definitive guide to the construction of a home wine cellar. Over 20,000 copies in print. Chapters on temperature, humidity, insulation, construction techniques, bins, refrigeration, newsletter reviews, and much more. An underground classic. Customer Review: How and why to build a wine cellar Very clear,with excelent ideas which I have [...]

The use of vinegar stretches back into antiquity. Vinegar is mentioned in the Bible, the Hebrews knew about it and the Romans made a drink out of it.Its origin runs parallel with the time at which man started to use grape juice to make wine, and its discovery was probably due to a mistake in [...]

A legendary French winery is purchasing a famous winemaker in California. The deal comes decades after the same California winery beat French wines in a blind taste test. Vic Motto, a wine industry investment banker, says it’s “a very important merger of two great wine estates.”Read full story

First published in hardcover as Oz Clarke’s Encyclopedia of Grapes, Oz Clarke’s Grapes and Wines is newly revised and updated to provide the most current information on an even wider array of grapes. Oz covers chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, and fifteen other “classic” grapes in depth, and includes features on tradition and innovation, methods used in [...]