Monthly Archives: January 2008
Petit Courbu
Petit Courbu is not a grape that you hear about every day. In fact, it isn't a grape that very many folks ever hear about. A search of Wikipedia only brings us a listing for Courbu, of which it is ...
The lingering “Sideways” effect
The author of this article posits that the movie "Sideways" has had a long lasting effect on the way we view and buy wine. Pretty hard to argue with him on that point, or on any other in this well ...
Bargain wine? Maybe…
I'm not really quite sure what to make of the information in this article. I'm all for being able to get good table wine at a low price, and if California makers want to bring in some decent Chilean juice ...
Cheap Pinot?
This is an excellent article on Pinot Noir, and some winemakers who are striving to put it on all of our tables. Having tried some of these, I like what they are doing. Sure, they aren't spectacular examples of the ...
Waiter, there is dirt in my wine!
How much dirt is in your wine? They observed during the course of the growing season that, in almost all vineyards, there will inevitably be various human impacts to the soil -- from tractors and other mechanical equipment making trips hither ...
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