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The Barley Yard Brewing Co., a new venture for Three Brothers Winery, is offering a Riesling ale. Yes, that's right: beer made with wine grapes.

Oregon's $1 billion wine industry has enjoyed unprecedented success in recent years, riding a wave of international acclaim for its flagship grape, pinot noir.

Montana toasted 30 vintages of the iconic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with the release of this year's Montana Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, and guests celebrated the wine that launched quality New Zealand wines onto the world stage.

To find other wines made by independent, family producers who are challenging convention and standard practices, we turned to Tyler Colman PhD, a.k.a. Dr. Vino, the man behind the blog www.drvino.com.

Little by little, though, rosé drinkers started to come out of the cellar. Restaurants with interesting wine lists started offering one or two selections. More bottles started showing up on store shelves. In winery tasting rooms, pourers coaxed visitors into trying the rosé, assuring them that the wine wasn't sweet.

More water is flowing to drought-stricken Central Valley farms as a result of new Department of Water Resources (DWR) water transfer agreements. The agreements come after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's State of Emergency proclamation on June 12 for nine counties affected by severe water shortages and his statewide drought proclamation on June 4.

Ledson Winery has been racking up the victories for its fantastic wine varieties, especially its zinfandels. They recently took top honors at the 2008 Orange County Fair, one of the most critically acclaimed judgers of wine in the United States.