In recent years forest fires have become a perennial problem for West Coast winemakers. When wood burns a range of phenolic compounds are released into the air. The closer a vineyard is to a fire, the ...

The European Commission has taken “exceptional measures” to combat the current market imbalances within the EU wine sector by approving crisis distillation In order to tackle reduced consumption – ...

Australia's wine industry is investigating whether its current 263 million litre glut of wine would be better used as biofuel to power cars, trucks or even aircraft.

The French eau de vie made from prunes is called pruneau, but eau de vie can be distilled from any fruit wine. To start distilling at home, you’ll need some technical knowledge about the equipment, ...

Editor's note: Cooking Issues, the French Culinary Institute blog that Dave Arnold runs with Nils Norén, is perhaps America's most influential blog devoted to the high-tech cooking techniques used in ...

Kris Beverly, owner/winemaker at Civilization Wine Company, pours his pinot noir for a guest at his tasting room at Lompoc Wine Factory. “I’m a third-generation distiller, which is so poignant to my ...

PARIS (AFP) - French winemakers will transform wine that went unsold during the country's two-month coronavirus lockdown into hand sanitiser and ethanol to make room for the next harvest, a farming ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France approved support for French winemakers on Monday to distil wine surplus into alcohol following a slump in demand because of restaurant and bar closures and lower exports due ...