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How I Got My Job: Founding a Hip and Sustainable Canned Wine Company

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The company currently offers five sustainably farmed, low-intervention wines that Olszewski has chosen to be widely pleasing. I got a full-ride scholarship to UMass Amherst, where I majored in sustainable agriculture and gender studies and minored in English literature. Only 30 percent of glass bottles are recycled in the U.S.,

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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

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From Dow’s Quinta do Bomfim to the home of Graham’s , Quinta dos Malvedos, we tasted the Symington’s four port brands and their newer dry wines, walked the vine rows, and explored the vineyard estates.?. Rupert Symington enjoys sharing stories of his family’s heritage in the Douro Valley. Rupert Symington knows port.

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Warmer Temperatures Could Mean More Grapes for Midwest Winemakers — but Also More Bad Weather

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In the years that followed, she worked at vineyards Left Foot Charley, Bowers Harbor, and Brengman Brothers, doing all aspects of the business, from the tasting room, to selling, to growing. Lefebvre and Newman first sowed the fruits of WaterFire Vineyards in 2009, after purchasing the 26-acre farm property. That could affect the $5.4

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Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root?

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Winemakers around the country are working to bring back Indigenous and hybrid grape varieties that are better adapted to extreme weather This story was originally published on Civil Eats. And yet, even copper poses potential health risks, and researchers have found that it can build up in vineyards over time, negatively impacting soil health.

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Holiday Wines to Spread Joy

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The wine is a collaboration of the country’s agricultural department and spirits producer Pernod Ricard to support the rebirth of Georgian winemaking. Interestingly, the Georgians call “blends” those wines made from the same grape harvested over many vineyards. owns the vineyard and Diora brand.

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Sacramento Restaurants You Should Be Dining At This Week

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This bountiful area is known for its supreme agriculture and meat offerings. A short jaunt from the state’s capital sits what some have dubbed the “third house.” ” This Chinese-American gem of a restaurant is perhaps known best for the back booth legislative deals that happen within its walls.

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An Eater’s Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) Champagne 

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Lots of the houses had little trains you could take [through the cellars] that were reminiscent of something you would have seen at Disney World,” remembers Christian Holthausen, a French-American strategic consultant in the wine & spirits industry, of his early career in Champagne in the 1990s.