What We Are Reading
A selection of articles that caught our attention
Grape Growing In Texas May Be Over Due To Pesticides – Texas Monthly
"A toxic herbicide used in cotton fields is devastating vineyards on the High Plains, endangering...
Food Matrices
TLDR - there's a big difference between eating a whole almond than an almond that's been ground up...
Wine Can Be Intimidating – Yahoo News
Should you follow wine etiquette? Apparently eight out of ten people do not. Good to hear! Wine...
Plants Need Birds – Scientific American
Climate change is causing birds and mammals to move away from their normal habitats, but what...
Fire-Fighting Goats – WSJ
Hungry goats are being bussed to areas in NSW, Australia, where they will clear (eat) woody weeds...
Rethinking What It Means For Wine To Be Vegan – Pix
Vegan generally has meant food that has not exploited animals. In this article, the writer notes...
Vineyards Dumping Chemicals in Pest Battle – From Wine Searcher
TLDR - climate change is pushing viticulturalists to look at new ways of controlling pests. This...
Wines In Niagara Reviews Southbrook
Rick VanSickle tries our 2019 Estate Reds and really enjoys our Poetica Red. Read here: It’s all...
Preserving Grapes Using Kangina
Afghans use an ancient method to preserve grapes for eating in the winter. Still fresh after six...
Changing Minds About Food
Seems like we've forgotten the food supply chain lesson we learned during lockdown. As...
Agro-forestry To Grow Better Grapes And Combat Climate Change – Earth Island Journal
TLDR: Planting trees between the vines can aid by providing shade, acting as a windbreak, and...
The Problem With Some Cashews – Slow Food
As we sat here at the winery munching away on cashews, we thought about the environmental and...
Are You Allergic To Wine?
Sulfites, histamines, tannins - probably not these culprits, if you can eat dried fruit, aged...