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Wood and wine 11-6-2024

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Wine is an agricultural product. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation. But consider its scope. Not just wine vines, as essential as they may be, but in many cases—trees. Continue reading “Wood and wine 11-6-2024” →

Wine odds and ends 10-30-2024

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Some facts and trivia to lighten your mood as we prepare for the horrors of “fall back” when the government gives back the imaginary hour it stole from us on the second Sunday in March. Continue reading “Wine odds and ends 10-30-2024” →

Halloween and wine 10-23-2024

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Halloween is next week, but if you are giving wine advice it’s best to give your audience some time to act on it. Continue reading “Halloween and wine 10-23-2024” →

Wine name revolution 10-2-2024

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If you go into almost any wine shop, liquor store, or supermarket wine section in the United States—and now in most places in the world—you will find wine bottles arranged and named by the variety of grape used to make the wine. Continue reading “Wine name revolution 10-2-2024” →

Wine barrels 9-25-2024

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Winemakers: To oak or not to oak, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up oak to craft your wine to shake the spheres of ordinary. Continue reading “Wine barrels 9-25-2024” →

Great wine comes from great vineyards 9-18-2024

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What makes a great wine? There is a hard and fast answer: “great wine comes from great vineyards.” Continue reading “Great wine comes from great vineyards 9-18-2024” →

Five enemies of wine 9-11-2024

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Wine is your friend, especially when sipped with friends during a convivial meal. You are obliged to protect it from its enemies. Continue reading “Five enemies of wine 9-11-2024” →