InterWined.com supports the concept of buying local as much as possible. It is a trend that is gaining momentum, especially in the United States, and we hope it’s here to stay. Better for the economy, better for the environment.
So, when we received an e-mail this moring for consultancy firm Weber Shandwick, we thought it proper […]

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InterWined likes to follow economic and environmental issues as well as liquid news, so it is interesting when topics emerge that deal with these subjects combined, especially when it comes to trying to feed the world through improving agriculture.
See, a large part of the global food crisis is the inefficiency of current irrigation methods.
More irrigated […]

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Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment — in this case, music — can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads […]

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InterWined.com closely follows the impact on global warming on the wine industry.
We’ve posted many times on subjects related to global warming and climate change, and even commented at Spittoon.biz about the impact world warming may have on other agricultural products.
Another issue closely tied to this is the ‘desertification’ of the world’s agricultural sectors. As the […]

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A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.
In a series of proof-of-concept experiments, Duke University engineers demonstrated that short strands of genetic material could successfully target a matching portion of a gene in a common fungus found in water […]

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Increasing summer temperatures could mean some parts of southern England are too hot to grow vines for making wine by 2080, according to a new book launched today.
The author, Emeritus Professor Richard Selley from Imperial College London, claims that if average summer temperatures in the UK continue to rise as predicted, the Thames Valley, parts […]

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InterWined.com contains all you never wanted to know about recent developments in drip irrigation for vineyards located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Enjoy:
The inland areas of the Pacific Northwest, where rainfall averages only 4 to 12 inches per year, present growing challenges for vineyard owners and wine grape producers. The arid conditions […]

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Scientists have genetically-modified carrots to make the vegetables a better source of calcium at the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center at Texas A&M University. And, when humans eat it, they absorb more of the nutrients. Such tinkering is becoming common for wine grapes as well, though to what end it is not yet clear.
The GM […]

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On Monday, 07 January 2008, InterWined.com featured an article regarding the decision of South African winemaker ‘the company of wine people’ to package some of its Arniston Bay white and rosé wines in a pouch.
The article, In the Bag: Is Wine in a Bag a Good Idea?, noted that Arniston Bay had joined the list […]

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Those who recall the Steve Martin film The Jerk will no doubt also remember Cup O’ Pizza, the torn-down carnival food stall that Martin’s character Navin R. Johnson declares home to “the best pizza in a cup ever”. For this was the first thing that came to InterWined, when it read a fluff-story in the […]

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