winemaking
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A Nose is A Nose is Splendor: Why Winemaking is Still More Art than Science
(images: weblogs.nrc.nl, gizmag.com.au) The AP reported an interesting tidbit recently in the world of winemaking – interesting enough to be picked up by several other news sources, anyway: Ilja Gort, the flamboyant Dutch owner of Bordeaux’s Chateau de la Garde, has insured his insured his…
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In the News: How Young Buyers are Impacting Winemaking
(image: darlingofourage.files.wordpress.com)This is not your fathers wine buying. There is a great little article posted today in SunJournal.com about how the tastes of a small, but extremely influential group of people are impacting the wine trade. And they’re NOT talking about the Robert Parkers of…
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Why Fruit Bombs Are OK (I am Here to Whet Some Palates!)
(images: jacop.net, pocketpcmag.net) Warning: If you consider yourself a wine snob, or are easily offended (or both), then I am about to lose you as a friend with this post. Because I am here to tell you that “Fruit Bombs” (those wines made in a…
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In the Blogosphere: How Wine Sulfite Regulations Impact Winemakers
The wine sulfites battle rages on. Some of you will recall that the Dude has been commenting on the topics of sulfites in wine, as well as biodynamic and organic wines. Jason Haas over at Tablas Creek Vineyard has posted a great article on how…
