The University of California, Irvine Extension has announced a new two-day seminar titled, “Red, White & Green – Organic, Biodynamic & Sustainable,” which will be offered on the UCI campus Tuesdays, October 6 and 13, 2009, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The seminar is an elective in UC Irvine Extension’s renowned Specialized Studies Program in Wine.

A conversation over a glass of wine turned into EUREKA-backed research effort to create new, healthy wine-flavoured products. The German and Spanish partners of project E! 4008 PROVINO say they have invented a way of making powder from by-products of red wine production which could be used in everything from yoghurt and chocolates to creams and face masks.

Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence that root extracts from kudzu show promise as a dietary supplement for a high-risk condition — the metabolic syndrome — that affects almost 50 million people in the United States alone.

Research now shows that wines produced in the Lone Star State share the anti-cancer traits known to exist in wines from other producing regions.

Drinking one glass of wine a day may lower the risk of Barrett's Esophagus by 56 percent, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in the March issue of Gastroenterology.

Delta and Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson prepare to uncork new wine program in February of 2008 to provide better flight and travel experience to air travelers.

Well, it's about time we got stuck into wine with a vengeance -we're talking about France here!

Winemakers say they expect the drought will eliminate a glut of wine that has resulted in low prices over the past few years.

Curiosk Marketing Solutions Inc. (Curiosk) has released their new in-store, touch-screen wine information kiosk. Launched recently at the Wine Rack located at 77 Wellesley St. E in downtown Toronto, the innovative kiosk displays product information on screen after a simple scan of a wine bottle's bar code.

Moldovan wines, whose exports to Russia were suspended a year ago, could begin arriving at Russian markets by September, Russia's chief sanitary official said Thursday.

Moldovan wines and cognacs, whose exports to Russia were suspended a year ago, will begin arriving at Russian markets by the fall, an official from the Moldova-vin state agency said Wednesday.

The World Trade Organization established a panel Tuesday to examine India's import duties on European wines and spirits. The panel will examine whether wine and liquor restrictions in a number of Indian states comply with international trade rules.