Wine and Dogs...the perfect pair

Wine and Dogs...the perfect pair Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting you give your pooch some Pinot (in fact wine is supposed to be bad for dogs). But ever since we released DogSmarts , I’ve been noticing how dogs and wine seem to go so well together. Today I saw an article in Wine Enthusiast that describes a pilot program to have dogs sniff out vineyard pests. Some Napa and Sonoma wineries are training the dogs to sniff out the vine mealybug. The dogs can find the pests before the bugs are a huge problem in the vineyards, allowing wineries to catch the pest early and use less of those nasty pesticides. As for other dog and wine connections, here are jut a few: Wine & Noses. Canine Companions for Independence hosts this annual fund raiser in New Jersey. CCI trains dogs to assist people with disabilities and we donate 3% of proceeds from DogSmarts sales to CCI. Wine Dogs . If I owned a vineyard I would have a dog, or several, to walk through the vines with me. This beautiful book of photographs shows dogs at their winery homes. Chien Lunatique. Lucy the Jack Russell is the main attraction the label of Chien Lunatique, a Napa Syrah from Behrens & Hitchcock. The wine label features Lucy hen she was a tiny pup. If you want to see what she looks like now, Wine-People has a great interview of the winemaker and photos. More dog sniffing tricks. The owners of Napa’ Cliff Lede Vineyards have trained their dog Miss Louis Beale to sniff out TCA in corks. TCA is a chemical that can form on corks and make wines smell terrible...sort of like wet cardboard. There are dozens of wine labels featuring dogs, so invite some dog lovers over for a comparison tasting.
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