Tag: winemakers
Winemakers keep busy to ensure quality wines while vines sleep during winter months
Visit Temecula Valley Special to Valley News The annual growth cycle of Temecula Valley’s grapevines consummates in autumn with leaf fall followed by vine dormancy.…
The Technologies That Make This Wine So Expensive
If you’ve ever wondered what the hell makes one wine cost $600, welcome to the club! Sometimes, the price tag on expensive wine comes down…
Bulk of wine consumed in Greece illegal – and excise tax not helping
An excise tax on wine introduced a year ago has resulted in a burgeoning illegal market rather than revenues, which the government had anticipated at…
Hugh Johnson accepts orange wine challenge
Hugh Johnson has taken up the challenge of wine writer Simon Woolf to taste a selection of orange wines after Woolf took exception to Johnson’s…
America’s Oldest And Longest Running Food & Wine Festival Is Back
28 years ago, Chef Daniel Bruce founded the Boston Wine Festival. In the nearly three decades since, it has grown into one of the most…
Pulsating new idea
You will often hear winemakers waxing lyrical about the merits of being hands-off, letting the winemaking happen in the vineyard and having minimum intervention. But…
Introducing the World’s Most Sought-After Champagne
In all of Champagne, only a few tiny parcels of land were mysteriously untouched by a phylloxera blight that ravaged European winemakers in 1863, ruining…
HBO And California-Based Winemakers To Sell ‘Game Of Thrones’-Inspired Wine Next Year
Based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, the television series “Game Of Thrones” is aired officially on…
Battling Oxidation on the Vineyard
With grapes solidly post-fermentation across the Northern Hemisphere, winemakers are finally beginning to give thanks for a little free time in their schedules. Now that…
Crib Sheet: An Updated Guide to Orange Wine
There’s a visceral reaction the first time you taste an orange wine. It doesn’t fit into all the boxes your wine brain has organized—too rich…
Near Sedona’s famed red rocks, a wine trail in Arizona
The famed red rocks of Sedona draw visitors from around the world. But less than half an hour away from Sedona’s tourist crowds is an…
‘Extreme’ Japanese Winemaker Is a Natural
CORNAS, France (AFP) – Hirotake Ooka does not do anything by half. For nearly two decades the former Japanese chemist has been on a quest…
Wine of the week: Laurel Glen Counterpoint, 2014 Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
This unique cab’s savory flavors, coupled with bright acid, makes it a tasty food-friendly wine. It has raspberry fruit, coupled with notes of cassis, anise,…
Napa old-vine zinfandel and chenin blanc are worth seeking out
The percentage of cabernet sauvignon grown in the Napa Valley continues to be on the rise. This is primarily due to economic considerations: When a…
Cool Gift Ideas For Wine Lovers
This year’s holiday gift guide features an idea for every budget with gifts that range in price from $17.99 to $1,499. To make the cut…
