Rising Vineyard Heat Hits Grape Pickers

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 24, 2017 As the heat rises, output flags European scientists have measured every second of a working day as vineyard temperatures affect grape pickers As the heat rises, output flags. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rising Heat Brings Earlier Vintage

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Mar 30, 2016 Winemakers can expect good grape harvests much earlier now, thanks to climate change, but scientists say the effect may not last. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scientists Are Developing Wine That Won’t Give You a Hangover

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arsenic in California Wine

Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant, Cagle Cartoons Mar 23, 2015 Dig deeper

You Can Say Goodbye to Some of Your Favorite Foods Thanks to Climate Change

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Great Wine Shortage of the 21st Century

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Don’t Drink and Drive

Michael Kountouris, Cagle Cartoons, Greece Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper

Drink Up, Ladies

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘To Health’?

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Long but Drunken Life

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2006 A new study found that obese mice given massive doses of a substance found in red wine enjoyed improved health and increased longevity. Although the results are promising, a human would have to drink between 750 and 1,500 bottles of wine a day to achieve the dose of resveratrol given to the rodents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )