• How do you feel about plagiarism ~ Is it worth getting in a twit about it?

    Updated: 2010-06-30 16:00:41
    DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) exists; although it’s on the owner to police his or her own words, and then take action. I’ve heard some wine bloggers say that they don’t care if they’re information and images are used elsewhere on the Internet; others aren’t appreciating it at all. I’ve written about being aggregated; now, I’m writing [...]

  • A vintner’s plea: Buy local, please

    Updated: 2010-06-30 15:26:40
    Oded Shakked is throwing down the gauntlet. “When you go to most good restaurants these days,” writes the winemaker/owner of Longboard Vineyards, “you often hear the staff talk with pride about the fact that local produce is used to make your meal…You now can understand why I get irritated when I go to the grocery store [...]

  • Whither Meritage?

    Updated: 2010-06-29 15:20:45
    Although California winemakers had been making so-called “Bordeaux blends” for years — Inglenook and Martini pioneered mixing Merlot or Cabernet Franc in with Cabernet Sauvignon, and Joseph Phelps’ Insignia was a blend from its first vintage, in 1974 — it wasn’t until 1988 that a group of Napa Valley vintners decided the blends needed a [...]

  • Calling all you graphic art students, who might love creating a wine label

    Updated: 2010-06-29 15:00:57
    There’s a great new contest that just launched called “The Canvas Artist Series Contest.” It’s sponsored by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Folio Fine Wine Partners (Michael Mondavi’s wine company). According to Michael Mondavi: “It’s an honor to develop a special blend for a hotel company of Hyatt’s caliber. Our goal for Canvas was to create three [...]

  • Cruvee’s done it again, and wins the 2010 Diaz Communications Innovator of the Year Award

    Updated: 2010-06-28 16:00:58
    The 2009 Diaz Communications Innovator of the Year Award went to Paul Mabray of VinTank, for revolutionizing the way wine purchases can be made; i.e., over the Internet. Remember the days of faxing in orders? Now, Cruvee has just upped the ante with its Application for sales within the realm of social media, by launching its [...]

  • Anything But Chardonnay

    Updated: 2010-06-28 04:45:55
    Yes, there is an “Anything But Chardonnay” club, dubbed “ABC”, that from what I gather is anti anything Chardonnay.  While I am not a club member, I have become mostly disenfranchised with Chardonnay.  Or at least Chardonnay NOT from Burgundy.  Chablis, the steely crisp Chardonnay from the Chablis region, or White Burgundy….YUM – Love it [...]

  • Portuguese Cultivars, The Quintessential List (Part 3)

    Updated: 2010-06-26 16:00:12
    As of June 19, 2010, this is the most comprehensive list to date.* Portuguese White Grape Varieties (Name ~ DOC Region) [A] Alicante Branco Algarve ~ Bucelas, Carcavelos Almafra Almenhaca Alvadurão Alvar Alvaraca ~ Douro Alvarelhão Branco Alvarinho ~ Monção, used for Vinho Verde (syn.. Cainho Branco) Antoã Vaz ~ Alentejo, Douro, Vidigueira Arinto ~ Bucelas (still and sparkling wines), Alentejo, Bairrada, Setúbal, Tejo, Carcavelos, [...]

  • Twitter Scott Young Posted Help My Wine Makin

    Updated: 2010-06-26 11:39:36
    : Skip past navigation On a mobile phone Check out m.twitter.com Skip to navigation Skip to sign in form Login Join Twitter Posted Help My Wine Making 13 Scott The Wine Making Guy to blip.tv : http : blip.tv file 3756635 about 16 hours ago via blip.tv WineMakingGuy Scott Young Footer 2010 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business Help Jobs Terms Privacy

  • What’s The Wine Industry’s Unperceived Future?

    Updated: 2010-06-25 16:00:46
    Beyond Bill HR 5034 being passed… As I was about to dive into page 37 of Sondra Barrett’s Wine’s Hidden Beauty, I read the follow title and entrance to the sentence… And began to ponder. Sondra wrote: The Critics A great controversy brews in the wine industry. Are wine critics….. That’s were my blink happened, and I saw a line [...]

  • Top 10 wines of the week

    Updated: 2010-06-25 08:10:16
    This was a tough week. Lots of mediocre wines. No really good Pinot, and too many wines, red and white, showed flaws: too sweet, too soft, too watery. Sometimes that’s the way it goes in this business. You’ll find my full reviews, with scores, in upcoming issues of Wine Enthusiast, or on the magazine’s website. Chalk [...]

  • “Obscure” varieties a hard sell

    Updated: 2010-06-24 08:10:56
    It is true, as Laurie Daniel wrote in the San Jose Mercury-News, that so-called “obscure” grape varieties are on the rise in Calfornia. Ten years ago, there were two acres of Albarino planted in the state. Last year, according to the Dept. of Food and Agriculture, there were 108 (bearing and non-bearing). The equivalent numbers for [...]

  • Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #5

    Updated: 2010-06-21 17:20:47
    Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape - Ask the Wine Maker - Video Show #87. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers our ...

  • Resilient wine

    Updated: 2010-06-21 06:01:47
    I’ve been suffering a bit of writers block of late.  Couple that with a busy work schedule, the NBA finals, and a desire for some serious changes to the site (blog) and you get almost 2 weeks of inactivity.  SORRY…. But I was inspired by something I read before the weekend.  I was reading Robin Garr’s [...]

  • Twitter Scott Young Help My Wine Making http

    Updated: 2010-06-20 04:00:36
    : Skip past navigation On a mobile phone Check out m.twitter.com Skip to navigation Skip to sign in form Login Join Twitter Help My Wine Making http : www.helpmywinemaking.com about 8 hours ago via API WineMakingGuy Scott Young Footer 2010 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business Help Jobs Terms Privacy

  • Help My Wine Making The Video Podcast That Improves Your Wine Making Savvy

    Updated: 2010-06-20 04:00:35
    Home About Wine Making Resources Past Episodes Contact The Wine Making Guy Podcast on iTunes Sign Up To My Podcast in iTunes Learn How To Make Wine Grab A Copy of My New Book Passionate About Homemade Wine : A Practical No-Nonsense Guide to Making Wine Recent Blog Articles on The Wine Making Guy’s Blog How Are Nonalcoholic Beer and Wine Made Help My Wine Making Episode 12 Scott The Wine Making Guy” The Resolution Keepers Wine Making Contest , How to Easily Remove Labels from Wine Bottles and Do Wine Kits Have Expiry Dates Resolution Keepers Wine Making Contest 2010 Help My Wine Making Episode 11 Scott The Wine Making Guy” Holiday Recap , Two Upcoming Wine Making Contests , My Free Upcoming iPhone App , and Getting Un-Stuck Part II Help My Wine Making Episode 10 Different Ways to Use Old

  • Chez Ray Merlot, CA, 2008

    Updated: 2010-06-19 17:19:00
    : , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Join WSJwine Club from the Wall Street Journal and get 12 Reds 70 plus shipping save 120 Saturday , June 19, 2010 Chez Ray Merlot , CA , 2008 Now we'll give a try to the Chez Ray Merlot , made from fresh California grapes . nbsp Description of the associated winemaking for the 2008 vintage coded M8 is here In the glass : Chez Ray Merlot shows as in medium deep red in the glass , it never gets opaque . nbsp On the : nose Poured cool with a brief decant and swirled vigorously , this purebred young merlot shows a fleshy , slightly meaty , mid-red berry . nose On the : palate The first elements on the palate area still-young , yeasty red berry overtone , then bearing down with stronger black walnut , smoke

  • Help My Wine Making 13 Scott The Wine Making Guy

    Updated: 2010-06-18 19:57:10
    Hi there , Sign up Login Browse Recent Episodes Popular Episodes Random Episodes Dashboard Overview Episodes Players Distribution Advertising Statistics Upload Web upload Desktop upload client FTP upload Help Overview Troubleshooting FAQ Knowledge Base Contact support Help My Wine Making 13 Scott The Wine Making Guy Episode 13 A Salute To All My Fellow Resolution Keepers and The Fallout of Letting My Airlocks Run Dry Play episode as Select a format Source MPEG-4 Video m4v Web Flash Video flv Play in HTML 5 Play in Flash Oh , look at . that No one has commented yet . Be the first Hey You must be logged in to add comments . Login or Register Quick Links RSS Feed channels.com iTunes Feed Download Tattle Help My Wine Making Visit show page All episodes You've reached the newest . episode

  • Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #4

    Updated: 2010-06-15 07:19:58
    Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape - Ask the Wine Maker - Video Show #86. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers our ...

  • Twitter Scott Young The Dangers of Bulk Aging

    Updated: 2010-06-12 08:29:44
    : Skip past navigation On a mobile phone Check out m.twitter.com Skip to navigation Skip to sign in form Login Join Twitter The Dangers of Bulk Aging Your Homemade Wine : http : EzineArticles.com 4453451 about 11 hours ago via EzineArticles WineMakingGuy Scott Young Footer 2010 Twitter About Us Contact Blog Status Goodies API Business Help Jobs Terms Privacy

  • 6th Annual Drumright Winefest June 12, 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-09 19:16:13
    : Oklahoma Wine News Statewide Oklahoma wine industry news and vineyard events . Never miss a local wine tasting event . Our wine blog includes an online archive of winery news , festival dates , state wine law news , grape growing tips , and a full list of Okahoma winery . websites Visit our Oklahoma Winery 6 09 2010 6th Annual Drumright Winefest June 12, 2010 Tidal joins several other Oklahoma wineries for 6th Annual Drumright Winefest on Saturday June 12th , 2010 Drumright Wine Fest at Whitlock Park in Drumright , . Oklahoma Noon unti 6 pm Admission is 12 for wine tasters or 5 for . non-tasters For information , call the Drumright Chamber of Commerce at 918-352-2204 or visit the Tidal School website at http : www.tidalschool.com Labels : Wine Events Wine Industry posted by Thomas

  • ** Chez Ray Cabernet Franc, 2004, Lodi, CA

    Updated: 2010-06-08 22:47:00
    : , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Join WSJwine Club from the Wall Street Journal and get 12 Reds 70 plus shipping save 120 Tuesday , June 08, 2010 Chez Ray Cabernet Franc , 2004, Lodi , CA Original Review January , 2009 : The Chez Ray Cabernet Franc , 2004, was made from Lodi grapes , fermented warm , with a combination of French and American . oak In the glass , the cab franc is a light ruby , slightly brick red pink . Think pinot noir with a couple of . years Aromas have a strong cork woody element , which I recognize from a particular brand of agglomerated cork I used for some bottles in these vintages . Once you sniff past that , you get to a bright , light . fruit On the palate , a bright , even middle of red cherry trickles down

  • Wine Tasting trick

    Updated: 2010-06-08 05:56:16
    My palate-training journey is much like my exercise regimen.  At times it is fun.  Sometimes it seems like a chore.  I’m often humbled.  But the more I do it the better I get (or so I think). I often tell the story of the well know winemaker I asked about the secret to wine tasting.  She [...]

  • Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #3

    Updated: 2010-06-07 11:48:57
    Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape - Ask the Wine Maker - Video Show #85. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers another ...

  • *** Chez Ray Stage Gulch Vineyard Syrah, Petaluma, Sonoma CA, 2007 - Homemade Wine Tasting & Review

    Updated: 2010-06-06 22:58:00
    : , , , skip to main skip to sidebar Chez Ray Winemaking Trials , tribulations and . tips Join WSJwine Club from the Wall Street Journal and get 12 Reds 70 plus shipping save 120 Sunday , June 06, 2010 Chez Ray Stage Gulch Vineyard Syrah , Petaluma , Sonoma CA , 2007 Homemade Wine Tasting Review Original Tasting and : Review By way of background : Stage Gulch Vineyard Syrah from Petaluma , Sonoma CA for the 2007 vintage was made from frozen grapes procured from Brehm Vineyards , as code number 527 07SGS . nbsp For my collection , the finished wine is called SG7P , because it was fermented with Pasteur yeast . nbsp Here is the approach used to winemaking for this selection . nbsp In the glass : Stage Gulch Vineyard Syrah 2007 shows as medium deep velvet red in the glass , opaque at the

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