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Decanter.com/.- Bob Sessions, regarded as one of California’s pioneer winemakers for his work at Hanzell Vineyards and his role in setting Stag’s Leap Cellars on the track to Judgement of Paris fame, has died aged 82. Sessions died at his home surrounded by family on Tuesday 13 May, following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He will be best remembered in the wine world for producing and overseeing close to 30 years of vintages at Hanzell Vineyards from 1973 to…

Decanter.com/.- More than 50 protestors who destroyed a field of genetically modified grapevines being trialled in Eastern France have had their convictions quashed, to the annoyance of the country’s national research body. A court of appeal in Colmar this week repealed the convictions of the 54 protesters, ruling that the open-air crop trial was illegal because authorities did not properly assess the risk to the local environment. A gang of 62 protesters were initially convicted of having ransacked the government-run…

Finalmente y tras la solicitud de la industria pisquera de rebajar la carga tributaria, el destilado será gravado con una tasa del 18%, más un 0,5% extra por cada grado alcohólico. Por 67 votos a favor, 44 en contra y 2 abstenciones se aprobó en la Cámara de Diputados el artículo segundo de la Reforma Tributaria, que establece un alza de impuestos a bebidas alcohólicas y analcohólicas, el tabaco y los vehículos diesel. En tanto, el artículo segundo bis fue…

Wbaa.org/.- Indiana Vineyards are losing as much as 75-percent of their grape yields this year because of last winter’s deep freeze. Winemakers like David Simmons, co-owner of Simmons Winery near Columbus, knew they were going to take a hit, but are just now discovering exactly how much they’ve lost as their grape vines begin to bud. “It’s been a very difficult winter, we’ve had a lot of bud damage on the vines,” Simmons says. The amount of crop damage depends largely…