NJ Craft Breweries – No Fun for You!

The New Jersey Division of Alcohol beverage Control just slapped a “special ruling’ (of new regulations) on the 88 New Jersey’s craft breweries and people are not happy about it.  The state is now controlling what brewery owners are allowed to do in terms of events, food, and private parties.

French Wine Dangers with Climate Change

Hotter summers in Bordeaux are making winemakers and farmers weary of whether their grapes will survive global warming.  Since 1950, the average temperature in Bordeaux has risen close to four degrees Fahrenheit.   Due to the scorching summer heat, farmers in this region began picking their grapes earlier so they did not over-ripen.  The fruit becomes too sweet and too ripe leaving a less acidic, more alcoholic wine which is not comparable to the traditional wine of Bordeaux.  This, unfortunately, causes an imbalance in the maturation of the grape leading to less preferred wine.