Fighting to Save the American Oak
Distillers and winemakers are working together to preserve a species that is essential to their trades. (Wine-Searcher)
The Power and Provocation of Raising Kids Around Wine
After Kristi Devlin Delovitch finished filming her Facebook livestream, It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere, during which she interviews wine professionals from around the globe, “the kids would just hop on my lap or sit down next to me, and just chat with the winemakers and the owners,” says Delovitch. The Delovitches aren’t alone in this sentiment. They join other wine industry parents who believe that raising kids around wine can be not only enriching and world-expanding, but also, when deployed wisely, potentially protective against alcohol’s more dangerous qualities. (Wine Enthusiast)
To Drink Sustainably, Opt for Wine in Aluminum Cans, Not Glass Bottles
A liter’s worth of aluminum wine cans weighs 30% less than a liter’s worth of glass wine bottles. (San Francisco Chronicle) Related: The Chemistry of Canned Wines. Wines packaged in alumninum cans are growing in popularity, but producers as concerned that canned wines occasionally develop a “rotten egg off-arome” during storage. Researcher at Cornell have been looking into this and report their findings. (Apppellation Cornell)