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Too Much of a Good Thing: How Vine-Pull Schemes Can Help Grow a Sustainable Industry
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Shannon Gunier doesn’t mince words. “We’ve reached a saturation point, with too many grapes,” she says. Gunier runs North Coast Winegrape Brokers with her husband, Rick. She continues, “Too many people have planted too m...
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Behind the Glass: The Chemical and Sensorial Terroir of Wine Tasting
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I wanted to write a book that explains the science behind wine tasting in an approachable way. Wine tasting is often explained through anecdotal evidence and personal experiences, which can be helpful. However, these explanations can be confusing bec...
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Reshaping the Relevance of Wine Competitions
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It’s a scene unlike anything most people have ever seen (including many in the wine industry)—a ballroom with a dozen or so tables, four or five places set at each table, and up to a dozen filled wine glasses at each place at the table. O...
on Aug 5
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Measuring Phylloxera’s Impact on the World of Wine | SevenFifty Daily
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GuildSomm’s Kelli White examines how the aphid-like insect has transformed viticulture…
on Jun 26
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Canada’s Wine Market: A Complicated Mosaic
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Canada is a midrange wine market, where wine is second to beer as a choice of alcoholic beverage: beer accounts for 36% of total alcohol sales, with wine at 31%. Per capita (15 years of age and older) wine consumption in Canada is about 15 liters, a ...
on Jun 26
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape: The News of Old
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a classic French wine region that is core to defining the winemaking of the Southern Rhône, but it is also undergoing a moment of reinvention. Châteauneuf-du-Pape could easily rest on its fame and be content w...
on Jun 24
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American Wine Importers That Changed the Game: Part 1
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“I never had great Muscadet or great Chablis before Martine and Kermit.” That statement, which sounds as though it might be the last words of a dying wino, came from the mouth of <a href="/members/larrystone10531" class="internal-link view-user-profile">Larry Stone</a>, one of the most...
on Mar 1
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The Case for California Colombard
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Yannick Rousseau owns a winery in Napa Valley, so, of course, he makes Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon. But for 15 years, he has also made wine with Colombard, first as a varietal wine and later in a blend. The white grape isn’t thou...
on Feb 6
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What You Need to Know about Tequila, Mezcal, Sotol, and Raicilla
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Tequila and mezcal, agave-based spirits made in Mexico, are showing unprecedented growth in both sales and reputation across the world. A wider audience of spirits drinkers and cocktail aficionados is increasingly recognizing that agave-based spirits...
on Jan 25
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If there is one exceedingly worn-out trope in food and wine writing, it’s describing a location as being at a crossroads. And yet, the central European country of Slovenia is indeed crisscrossed by a number of roads. The neighboring Croatians, ...
on Dec 28
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Chianti Classico: Past, Present, and Future
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Chianti Classico is in the heart of Tuscany, in northwestern central Italy, nestled between Florence and Siena. The Apennine mountains run along the northeastern ridge above Chianti Classico to the northeast of Florence, dividing the region geographi...
on Oct 7, 2023