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Over at Wine Sediments. Less than 400 cases made, so if you’re interested go give it a read.

What Reverse Osmosis Is and Why It’s Used

The biggest challenge facing wine growers is finding the right vineyard location with the right climate that will allow grapes to reach a desirable sugar content and flavor maturity at exactly the same time (if that sounds like a mouthful, I’ll explain more below).
At Capozzi we think we’ve found just such a sweet spot [...]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Oak Barrels

Kent is the winemaker of Green Truck Cellars, a small Pinot producer in Napa Valley. And when I say small, I’m talking 400-500 cases small. Earlier this year he traveled to France on a journey to discover more about the barrels he was using; how they were made, how the wood was selected and harvested, [...]

Robert Parker Blind Tasting Pinot at CIA Greystone

UPDATE: Check out my post here for the results of the tasting.
From the CIA website:
This year’s event will focus on Pinot Noir, one of the world’s most prized and difficult varietals. Mr. Parker has chosen a dozen examples of Pinot Noir and red Burgundy, which he will share in a blind tasting with the participants.
“Pinot [...]

Free Shirt, Free Pinot - SOLD OUT

I love schwag. Who doesn’t? Tee-shirts especially. So I’ve been looking around for a good supplier of shirts and working on a spiffy design. I wanted to make a shirt people would actually want to wear, otherwise why go through the effort and expense? What I finally came up with is pictured over there on [...]