• Here’s a nice primer on vermouth varieties and various other aperitif, or “aromatized” wines. [Drinks/Serious Eats]
• Know this: Alcohol of any kind definitely can give you cancer. [Daily Mail UK]
• But! A new study shows that so-called “moderate” alcohol consumption, including wine, can reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, especially in women. [Wine Spectator]
• A recent blast of warm weather in Northern California has kicked harvest into “high gear,” with winemakers now scrambling to pick grapes that normally would have been harvested weeks ago. [Press-Democrat]
• Cornell scientists have devised a cheap and effective way for winemakers to test for elemental sulfur levels in grapes with Alka-Seltzer tablets. [Western Farm Press]
• A tasting-room owner in Calistoga, California, is battling the local Planning Commission over whether she can serve wines from outside Napa County. State law says she can, and she’s vowed to flout local authorities and serve wines made from grapes that might have come from (gasp!) Sonoma or the Central Coast. [Napa Valley Register]
