Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping to teach a class at Sonoma State with Tina Caputo, E.I.C. of Vineyard and Winery Management, Robert Larsen, Head PR Dude at Rodney Strong and Dr. David Horowitz of Sonoma State. The first two need no introduction to folks in the wine world. Prior to her position at [...]
February 23, 2009
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Just got this great pic in my inbox from Ken. The shirt has officially invaded red China! Awesome. Ken says that it was so cold there that when he disrobed and stripped down to the shirt for the pic, onlookers found the whole scene so laughable that they started taking pictures of him. Standing there. [...]
October 26, 2008
“The Greatest Vintage.” That was the headline for the 2005 Bordeaux tasting this past Thursday at the CIA in St. Helena with Robert Parker. The event also marked 30 years for Parker as a professional wine critic, and I suppose because of this he was a little introspective. It’s fairly well established that Parker’s influence [...]
September 23, 2008
This past month Hanna introduced a new alcohol meter as part of its Wine Line of instruments. I’m a fan of their products and have more than a few in my lab. The less expensive glass labware for me to break, the better. This one is especially cool though, as it simplifies and speeds up [...]
September 17, 2008
If last year was Darth Vader – all about extraction, enzymes, neutral oak chips and depth of color – this year is more zen Yoda. I basically said to the yeast: “do or do not, there is no try”. In short, ’08 is all about the old wine cliche “let the wine make itself”. The [...]
February 24, 2009
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