Too much wine, not enough drinkers: wine industry is in a slump
Cathalena E. Burch
Arizona Daily Star
Ordering wine can be overwhelming when you’re faced with a long wine list at a fancy restaurant, and it might even make you feel anxious. Here are some of the most common mistakes you can avoid while ordering wine, according to a sommelier. Avoid ordering items you can easily find at a groce…
This year’s Southern Arizona wine grape harvest has been pretty exceptional, but Mark Beres and his Flying Leap Vineyards partners plan to leave as much as 30% of the fruit to die on the vine.
Carlson Creek Vineyard harvests its grapes using an Oxbo harvesting machine that shakes the grapes onto a conveyer belt and into large bins that are processed in the vineyards crush facility.
Carlson Creek Vineyard in Willcox anticipates its 2024 harvest will yield more than 150 tons of fruit — more than half of which it hopes to sell to other vineyards.
Courtesy Carlson Creek Vineyard
As sales of nonalcoholic beer, wine, and mocktails grow in the U.S., so does the number of people under 21 drinking them — but should they?
Have you ever noticed that the bubbles in a glass of champagne, or sparkling wine, go straight up? Researchers in the US and France have been studying the distinctive vertical bubbles which give the go-to party tipple its distinctive taste. Flavour molecules allow bubbles to rise smoothly up to the top. Not all the bubbles in carbonated or fizzy drinks behave the same way. In beer, they go in all directions. Bubble mechanics may also help researchers to understand physics in the natural world, like how methane and carbon dioxide molecules behave in the oceans.
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch
Willcox Wine Festival
The 2024 Willcox Wine Festival will be held Oct. 19-20 at Willcox Wine Country, 157 N. Railroad Ave. in Willcox. For tickets and a list of the 17 participating wineries, visit willcoxwinecountry.org.
Ordering wine can be overwhelming when you’re faced with a long wine list at a fancy restaurant, and it might even make you feel anxious. Here…
Carlson Creek Vineyard in Willcox anticipates its 2024 harvest will yield more than 150 tons of fruit — more than half of which it hopes to sell to other vineyards.
Carlson Creek Vineyard harvests its grapes using an Oxbo harvesting machine that shakes the grapes onto a conveyer belt and into large bins that are processed in the vineyards crush facility.
