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Ageability: Does it matter to the wine world anymore?
It does seem magical how some wines can improve with age. When I first started my wine studies 15 years ago, this was one of the aspects of wine I found truly exciting. But it initially led to the incorrect … Continue reading
Posted in Dame Wine
Tagged ageability, Christian Moueix, Grange, La Fleur-Petrus, Latour, Opus One, Penfolds
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What influence does oak have on the maturation and style of a wine?
This is the last practice MW essay that I will place on my blog until after the MW exams in June. I need to start getting into review mode, and so my presence on the internet will slowly dwindle over … Continue reading
My first Wine Bloggers Conference!
I am going to my first Wine Bloggers Conference taking place later this year, August 13-16th, in the Finger Lakes in New York. I must confess I have never been to any type of bloggers conference. I have been in … Continue reading
Can producers express the same terroir differently? Or is there only one way to express that terroir?
The first line in The Oxford Companion to Wine says this under the definition of terroir: “Terroir — much-discussed term for the total natural environment of any viticultural site.” I have been thinking about this topic since my tasting with … Continue reading
At the end of the day, the greatest wine is red.
I promise, I am not trying to be provocative. This is a past Masters of Wine question, and due to that fact, and the fact it seems like it will be a lot of fun to tackle… I’m taking the … Continue reading
Is choice of wine bottle closure dependent on effectiveness or marketing?
It is funny how the universe seems to push you to write about a certain topic. A couple of weeks ago, on February 2nd, a few guys representing the PlumpJack winery group visited Sherry-Lehmann with the release of their new … Continue reading
Posted in Dame Wine
Tagged closure, natural cork, Odette, PlumpJack, screw cap, technical cork
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How would you sell wine to a Martian?
Sometimes these unorthodox questions are thrown around in the wine industry. It seems the key is to understand a customer that was truly foreign to the seller, and use selling tactics that were based on the understanding of that foreign … Continue reading
“I fight with the fungus at Cheval Blanc but I play with the fungus at d’Yquem.”- Pierre Lurton. Botrytis cinerea: When and why is it desirable or undesirable to produce wines from botrytis affected grapes?
Have you ever seen a Botrytis cinerea infected bunch of grapes? If you have you will never forget it. And if you have ever helped harvest some you will really never forget it! It is disgusting looking. Like something you … Continue reading
French-style regulation of yield, site, grape variety and other factors do more harm than good.
Viticultural devastations during the second half of the 1800s in France, such as phylloxera, made fine wines scarce and adulteration and fraud more prevalent. This spurred the creation of french-style regulation of yield, site and grape variety to bring these … Continue reading
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Tagged AOP, Burgundy, Comte Georges de Vogue, Dourthe, France, French Regulation, Oliver Cousin
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