--Proposed Tax Would Cost 4,700 Hospitality Jobs

In recent years, Maryland has raised its sales tax, income tax, corporate tax and cigarette tax; added a surcharge called the "millionaires' tax"; and created taxes on electronic bingo, tip jars and even water and septic systems -- the "flush tax."

Workshop covers sustainable methods to battle European grapevine moths, mealybugs and other vineyard pests

Guests: * Christine Hanna, president of Hanna Winery in Healdsburg * Dave Whitmer, agricultural commissioner for Napa County * Glenn Proctor, partner with Ciatti Wine/Grape Brokerage * Robert Nicholson, principal with International Wine Associates * Sue Michaelsen, real estate attorney and realtor/broker with KM Properties in Santa Rosa, which focuses on wineries and vineyards

A huge swath of Wine Country, including vineyards where some of the world's best grapes are grown, was quarantined this week after an invasive moth was discovered.

"We long ago broke out of selling only into the ethnic market and expect US buyers to be surprised by the quality and value not only from my supplier but from others in Turkey."

That sound you hear is not the uncorking of a cabernet-it's the popping of California's wine country bubble. Crumbling land prices and a newfound popularity of cheaper wine may turn 2010 into a vintage year for Napa Valley foreclosures.

If you are a big fan of Chilean wine and you've built up a stockpile, sip slowly. The earthquake in Chile last month, which swept the country's grape-growing regions, is expected to drive up the price of Chilean wine imported to Korea, according to industry sources.

Arizona's hospitals are looking at a possible November ballot measure to raise state soda, beer, wine and liquor taxes to offset deep budget cuts to the state's version of Medicaid and other programs.

China has become the biggest export market for bordeaux wines outside the European Union as overall exports have collapsed due to the economic crisis and a strong euro put some wines beyond US and British buyers.

Georgia is struggling to revive exports of wine, one of the former Soviet republic's signature products, as a Russian embargo enters its fifth year later this month.

Tennessee legislators who cite election-year worries for their opposition to wine sales in grocery stores need to get out once in awhile. Last year a poll by Middle Tennessee State University found 62 percent of state residents in favor of the change and only 26 percent opposed.

Additional honorees in this year's class of inductees are Wine Institute founder Leon Adams, veteran winemaker Zelma Long, longtime Napa Valley grapegrower Andy Beckstoffer and Randall Grahm, founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard.

Much the way prom marks the beginning of the summer season for excited high schoolers, the grapevines gently waking from a winter hibernation with the growth of tiny buds marks the beginning of spring in Sonoma.

More than 240 students are studying in the program that leads to a Masters of Wine examination, which is held concurrently in the United Kingdom, Australia and North America.

Second-generation grape grower John Neufeld got into the wine business about a decade ago after a winery wanted to undercut the price of his icewine juice.

The text is divided into two parts. The first section provides an overview of mass spectrometry methods in relation to enology in three chapters. The second section offers seven chapters on wine chemistry as well as traditional topics and new developments in mass spectrometry.

After meeting with President Barack Obama, the leading Republican backing a comprehensive approach warned that a Democratic health care push could scuttle any chance of action on immigration in this Congress.

Locusts aren't the only things that damage vines. I've seen vineyards that have been stripped by birds, boars and baboons

Fresh & Easy Offers Exclusive ONEHOPE Sauvignon Blanc Wine for Earth Day

Michael and Ariane Batterberry receive culinary foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award

The color green will be everywhere; our clothing, our rivers and our beer