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Will Global Warming Crush the Wine Industry?

The wine-producing regions of the world are under threat from global warming, suggests a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Full story

Chimps Trade Tools To Help Out Pals

Chimps who work together know what their partners need to achieve a goal, and they're happy to lend a helping hand, recent research finds. Full story

Is Santa Ynez the new Napa Valley?

   The Santa Ynez Valley is turning into the state’s newest hotspot for fine wines.  TODAY’s Sara Haines goes for a tasting to see how these grapes measure up.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie uncork new wine label

   The celebrity couple are about to release the first wine produced under their own label, made with organic grapes from their estate in France. A rosé called “Miraval” debuts next month, with whites and reds to follow.

How to Really Listen to Your Customers

A flexible response to a customer's needs plants a vineyard's new direction. Full story

Frozen grapes gathered under stars make Canada's icewine

BEAMSVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - In the Ontario town of Beamsville, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Niagara Falls, a small crowd of bundled-up figures crouched in a moonlit vineyard on a frigid January night, picking a crop of hard-frozen Gewurztraminer grapes. Full story

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  Senators stomp grapes for Georgian president

Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham trampled grapes to make wine for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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Workers collect white grapes in the vineyards of the famed Chateau Haut Brion, a Premier Grand Cru des Graves, during the grape harvest in Pessac-Leognan, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.

Engineer Mario Japaz shows a bunch of grapes at a vineyard of the CAP Vistalba winery in Mendoza
Engineer Mario Japaz shows a bunch of grapes at a vineyard of the CAP Vistalba winery in Mendoza

Engineer Mario Japaz shows a bunch of grapes at a vineyard of the CAP Vistalba winery in Mendoza February 1, 2013. Argentina is the world's sixth largest wine-producing country, according to the FAO , with the eastern flank of the Andes near Mendoza being its premier region. REUTERS/Enrique Marcar

Handout photo of a picker harvesting grapes at the Malivoire vineyard near Beamsville
Handout photo of a picker harvesting grapes at the Malivoire vineyard near Beamsville

A picker harvests grapes at the Malivoire vineyard near Beamsville, Ontario, in this undated handout photo. Malivoire, one of the Niagara region's boutique wineries, picks its icewine grapes by hand. For this annual rite of winter, it relies on a corps of more than a dozen volunteers, selected by a