Cortahojas Wines

Cesonoma.ucanr.edu.- / Agriculture has been and is increasingly scrutinized for the amount of water used for irrigation and frost protection. North coast growers in many frost prone areas utilize overhead sprinklers to protect vineyards from spring frosts; however, increasingly growers are contemplating purchasing conventional wind machines to reduce the reliance on water for frost protection. Wind machines provide frost protection only when a temperature inversion exists, thus local inversion conditions need to be quantified in order for growers to make…

Decanter.com /.-  At least half the Chateau Lafite sold in China is fake and, like other high end Bordeaux counterfeits, probably made on boats moored in international waters off the mainland coast, a senior Chinese government official has said. Speaking on the side lines of a conference in Bordeaux to launch a new Chinese government anti-fraud effort called PEOP, Xinshi Li, president of the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine (CAIQ), described the problem of fake Bordeaux wine in China…

Un aumento de 157% registraron los envíos de vino embotellado a China durante marzo, medido en volumen, informó Vinos de Chile. La nación asiática también lideró el alza medido en valor, de 110%, durante el mismo mes. En tanto, Corea del Sur fue el único país dentro de los diez países de mayor destino que registró retroceso en las exportaciones, con una caída de 5,44% en volumen y 2,16% en valor. Durante marzo, Estados Unidos se posicionó como el principal…

Napavalleyregister/.- Does the requirement for automated sprinkler systems rise to the standard of “health, safety and welfare”? I think not! Currently the Board of Supervisors has imposed a standard for the installation of sprinkler systems in winery buildings that far exceed the standards established by the state of California. The state standard for sprinkler systems in buildings is 12,000 square feet or more. The standard adopted by the Board of Supervisors in Napa County is 3,500 square feet. That means…