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Harvey Steiman
Pinots on Parade
Posted: 12:15 PM ET, 10/18/08
By coincidence, the first three presentations at the California Wine Experience in New York gave us a quick world tour of Pinot Noir. My colleague Bruce Sanderson started with a Burgundy tasting, followed by columnist Matt Kramer offering tastes of three Pinots from New Zealand, Oregon and the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Read more
2008 Harvest
Rage Against the Jack Stem
Posted: 10:00 AM ET, 10/17/08
Posted by Brian Loring
We totally destem all our fruit before fermenting. Why? It probably comes from my dislike of vegetables, so anything that looks like a vegetable has no business being in our wine. Read more
2008 Harvest
Not a Vacation, Per Se
Posted: 03:29 PM ET, 10/16/08
Posted by Josh Bergström
As we continue to enjoy fair skies and dry weather in Oregon, the harvest has become extended, meaning that vintners can take their time bringing in fruit. This allows vineyards to fully ripen their crops, yet, because of the cool weather and even colder nights, physiological ripeness does not necessarily mean high sugars and low acids. Read more
James Molesworth
A Sit Down with Patrick d’Aulan of Argentina’s Alta Vista
Posted: 04:12 PM ET, 10/15/08
Patrick d’Aulan is the tall, energetic, loquacious owner of Alta Vista, located in Argentina’s Mendoza region. I sat down with d’Aulan today to talk about his winery’s newest cuvée.
D’Aulan was among the wave of outside investment that got into Argentina before the economic meltdown, setting up shop in the Uco Valley with partner Jean-Michel Arcaute, Michel Rolland and others in 1999. Read more
2008 Harvest
Syrah Harvest in Washington
Posted: 11:25 AM ET, 10/14/08
Posted by Bob Betz
These are the dog days of harvest, when every inch of the winery, and every ounce and waking moment of every staff member, is consumed with grapes, fermentation, barrels and processing. Read more
James Laube
Lett Stayed True to His Style of Pinot Noir
Posted: 04:07 PM ET, 10/13/08
One of the exciting things about emerging wine regions is that many of the pioneers are still present. You can meet them and appreciate their contributions to wine. David Lett, who died last week, was an Oregon pioneer I knew early on in his career. Read more
Harvey Steiman
A Tale of Two Sommeliers
Posted: 03:39 PM ET, 10/13/08
Sometimes it's the minor details that make a wining and dining experience satisfying or not. Two dinners this past weekend at a couple of wine-savvy restaurants in New York underline how easily a good-hearted sommelier can tip the balance toward the positive end of the scale, while relatively minor problems with service can take the gloss off a good meal. Read more
2008 Harvest
Tasting Wine from Barrels Pre-ML
Posted: 11:02 AM ET, 10/13/08
Posted by Tim Perr
This is now my fourth harvest in the wine business, and I still have a problem figuring out what I’m tasting and seeing in barrel this early on. As of today, we have about 100 barrels of wine more or less finished with primary fermentation (where all sugar is turned into alcohol by yeast). Read more
James Suckling
The Magic of 2005 Bordeaux
Posted: 10:56 AM ET, 10/13/08
Let's get back to quality from prices and the doom and gloom of the financial world. I was in London about a week ago for a tasting of 2005 Bordeaux organized by wine merchants Farr Vintners. It was the chance to revisit a number of wines that I hadn't tasted for a while. Read more
2008 Harvest
Sampling a Vineyard
Posted: 05:09 PM ET, 10/10/08
Posted by Brian Loring
One of the most important decisions a winemaker has to make is when to pick. In addition to the matter of wine style, there are lots of other issues to consider. Things like weather, vine condition, mold pressure, etc. Read more
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