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Capozzi Winery in Second Life

I was going to wait a bit until we were completely set up, but Second Life has been in the news quite a bit today so I figured now was as good a time as any to unveil our plans for a winery in the virtual space known as Second Life.
While we won’t be the [...]

Dark Arts, Big Chateaux, Money, and the Consumer

More from Morgan Twain-Peterson in Bordeaux. Only from Morgan will you find lines like “Trickery, the blind virgin and the goatskin bag has been part of winemaking as long as rules were around for it.” Enjoy.
Bordeaux has not had a truly bad vintage since 1992. And I am having a very difficult time tasting [...]

Wine Tech

More than ever wine and web seem to be mixing in new and interesting ways. Just recently Jeff Playter, the founder of RadCru, emailed me to let me know that an event dubbed Wine 2.0 will be taking place on Nov 8 at the Varnish Fine Art Gallery and Wine Bar. The goal of the [...]

No Loser Wines!

Michel Rolland is back in the news today as Eric Asimov proflies the flying winemaker in his New York Times column. There were a few standout quotes:
I mention Clos du Val and Corison, two Napa Valley producers whose wines adhere to a less upfront, more austere style, and Mr. Rolland is strikingly dismissive.
“Are they as [...]

Behold, A New Wine Innovation: Babydoll Sheep

Canvas Ranch in Petaluma is offering a novel solution to the problem of high labor costs, labor shortage and the desire to grow wine grapes organically. Babydoll Sheep.
The sheep are a great deal at $2000 per, and the benefits of having a couple 24 inch, cloven hoofed walking weed eaters appear to be numerous. [...]