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Which Cruise Lines Allow You to Carry On Wine?

It’s good to be home. Candace and I just got back from a cruise to Alaska with two very good friends and are still readjusting to life on land. It was tough being away from our 10-month-old for that long, but the sleep and general relaxation were wonderful. You don’t realize just how sleep deprived [...]

CSI New York Investigates Wine Fraud This Week

From the UCD Trellis Alliance:
If you are a CSI New York fan, you may want to watch on March 21. They are doing an episode where they are going to attempt to identify a wine fraud. It’s not clear exactly what they’re going to do or show (and how realistic it will be), but [...]

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.

Post of the Year

St. Zini is celebrating the Solstice. Head over to the Zinquisition and join in the festivities and watch him wallow in the fecund embrace the earth mother. Quick sampling of the BioD brilliance that awaits you:
stand behind cow to gather fresh “poo” - take care not to slip in yesterday’s “poo”…

take [...]

The Best Wine Info On The Net

On Saturday Pinotblogger turned 1 year old. To celebrate here’s a link to the best, most in depth wine information I know of on the net, brought to you by the fine folks at the UCD Trellis Alliance.
What they’ve done is to summarize and make explicit the practical applications of recent research in the fields [...]