By Science Daily Drinking red grape juice or wine — in moderation — could improve the health of overweight people by helping them burn fat better, according to a new study coauthored by an Oregon State University researcher. The findings suggest that consuming dark-colored grapes, whether eating them or drinking juice or wine, might help […]
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By Devon Jackson, Outside If you exercise, chances are you also drink. I know this because according to a study from Northwestern Medicine, people tend to drink more alcohol on the days they’ve exercised. Especially beer. It could be because we reward ourselves with a post-run brewski, or because we’ve used up all of our […]
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By Will Lyons, Wall Street Journal How many bottles of wine do you think were produced last year? A friend and I were trying to figure out an answer to this question over supper the other day. I won’t embarrass myself by revealing how far off I was, but let’s just say it was by a […]
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By Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal Wine-industry experts gathering in Sacramento on Wednesday said wine sales have been hurt by the growing popularity of craft beer, ciders and even mixed drinks. A panel of industry leaders at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium said the vintners face a number of challenges. One is that the […]
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By Anahad O’Connor, New York Times Companies are increasingly adding vitamins and minerals to juices, sports drinks and bottled water, responding to a growing consumer demand for these products. Even though the amounts of added nutrients in these drinks are typically small, some nutrition scientists are concerned that through their overall diets, many people may […]
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By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee Faced with stagnant sales of low-priced wine and a glut of overseas competitors, grape growers in the Central Valley are ripping out their vines and replacing them with more profitable crops such as almonds. The attrition of vineyards was highlighted in Wednesday’s State of the Industry briefing at the Unified […]
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By Maria Godoy, NPR We all could probably eat more fruits and vegetables. But if forced to choose between whole fruit or a glass of juice, which one seems more healthful? The general advice is to opt for the fruit, since juicing can destroy some of the beneficial compounds fruit contains and strip it of […]
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By Dave McIntyre, Washington Post The white in my glass is the color of straw: raw material ready to be transformed. As I swirl the glass, light flashes through the wine, and I sense a fleeting image of a happy young girl as her blond hair catches the sun. She smells of flowers and grass, […]
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By Roff Smith, National Geographic More than a third of all of the food that’s produced on our planet never reaches a table. It’s either spoiled in transit or thrown out by consumers in wealthier countries, who typically buy too much and toss the excess. This works out to roughly 1.3 billion tons of food, worth […]
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By Ed Joyce, Capital Public Radio More than three years of drought has reduced reservoir storage in California and groundwater supply. Some wine grape growers in Amador County are worried the limited resource could make this season more challenging. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that, barring “epic rain and snowfall,” the drought will […]
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