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2007 Grape Prices. Go Pinot Go!

Preliminary crush data for 2007 were released on Feb 10th. And there was much rejoicing. Some of the data are pretty interesting. I’ve highlighted a couple bits below.
This first graph (created in the wonderful Apple spreadsheet app, Numbers) shows the highest price per ton paid for each grape variety in California Sonoma County. Considering the [...]

Great Podcast on Pinot Clones

Over at Grape Radio they’ve produced a tremendous podcast on Pinot Noir clones moderated by former UCD professor Carole Meredith. Really great info for both enthusiasts and producers alike.
Thanks to the Grape Radio folks for recording and providing this great seminar from World of Pinot Noir 2006.
Check it out.

Can Red Wine Help You Live Forever? Well, Yes.

At least according to David Stipp in his article on Christoph Westphal and David Sinclair’s biotech start-up Sirtris. I can tell you I’m a believer. I’ve been taking resveratrol for the past two months and, coupled with a decent diet (which of course confounds resveratrol’s efficacy) I’ve lost over 20 pounds. Anecdotal evidence is all [...]

Tasting Pinot with Robert Parker

Today I had the opportunity to sit with Robert Parker and a room full of other wine industry nuts at CIA Greystone in St. Helena and taste through a flight of 11 different Pinots from California and France blind. I’d been looking forward to this event since I heard about it here, and it did [...]

Oregon’s Best Pinot Noir Tasting

Copia may be in trouble financially, but they have been scheduling quite a few interesting events lately. The best of the lot is the “Oregon’s Best Pinot Noir” tasting on November 19th which will focus on the Dundee Hills AVA. Producers pouring there will include Argyle, Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Domaine Serene, Erath and Sokol Blosser.
Best [...]