Rising Heat Brings Earlier Vintage
Mar 30, 2016 Winemakers can expect good grape harvests much earlier now, thanks to climate change, but scientists say the effect may not last.
Scientists Are Developing Wine That Won’t Give You a Hangover
Mar 26, 2015 Sure, researchers could be using their brainpower to solve other medical puzzles, but preventing hangovers is a worthy cause if ever there was one.
Arsenic in California Wine
Mar 23, 2015
You Can Say Goodbye to Some of Your Favorite Foods Thanks to Climate Change
Nov 19, 2014 Chocolate, wine, coffee -- these are just some of the foods we'll lose due to climate change; an American expat living in France explains why "Americans are suckers who have themselves to blame for crappy broadband"; meanwhile, a town in Alaska may become the first place in the U.S. to tax churches. These discoveries and more after the jump.
The Great Wine Shortage of the 21st Century
Oct 30, 2013 Remember when we told you chocolate as we know it would cease to exist in the next few years? There's more bad news. Now there's a dearth of wine thanks to a higher demand and a dwindling supply.
Don’t Drink and Drive
Dec 12, 2011
Drink Up, Ladies
Aug 19, 2010 There are three kinds of studies we hear about. (1) Something incredibly obvious turns out to be true. (2) Something you like is good for you. (3) Something you like is bad for you. Obviously we prefer No. 2s, like this study out of Norway that says drinking wine -- especially if you're a woman -- might make you smarter.
‘To Health’?
Jun 26, 2009 A study published in The Lancet medical journal concludes that the effects of alcohol should be viewed in the same light as the effects of smoking. Alcohol consumption is linked to one in every 25 deaths worldwide, the study said.
