Researchers at the University of Bourgogne in Dijon have developed a way to track the barrels used for aging a wine: using a mass spectrometer. The researchers suggest that it could prevent fraud in wine, passing off a less expensive wine as a pricey one. SIPPED: Desperation! Coming next year: powdered beer. Der Spiegel ]. SPIT: fraud. MORE >>

Laura, a practicing physician, left her practice to join her father and the consultants as research director. The color would be familar to most Malbec drinkers -- in France, it is often called the "black wine" and this wine shows an opaque, dark violet color. "Viva, Argentina!" Laura joins the Team. MORE >>

The research released today shows consumers are more focused on product origins than ever before and it isn't just a passing concern, but one they feel extraordinarily strong about," said Linda Reiff, executive director of Napa Valley Vintners. Results from a recent poll of U.S. Key findings from the poll of 1,000 U.S. and beyond. MORE >>

Every day of every trip they provide a variety of well-researched options which are displayed on the Web and include mileage and elevation change. As mentioned many times on this blog, one of my most memorable vacations was a cycling trip through Tuscany. I'd usually stop at a winery, enoteca, or even a vineyard. Wine is a magnificent portal. MORE >>

In the 1980s, the Australian research institute CSIRO imported what they thought were Albariño vines from Spain. Down under, thousands of liters of a certain white wine are resting in tanks right now. The only trouble is that nobody’s sure what to call it once it’s bottled. But time is ticking as bottling time approaches. MORE >>