• How Much Wine Comes From One Vine & Bottle Sizes

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:00:07
    On average, one plant equals about 14 pounds of fruit, if crop isn’t dropped in substantial amounts. One plant will then equal about five (750 milliliter) bottles of wine. One gallon is equal to 5 bottles of wine. The following are averages, because viticulturists ultimately decided how many plants there will be on one acre [...]

  • “Uncorked” & Oregon Pinot at City Winery

    Updated: 2012-03-30 06:20:25
    I’m a big believer in the importance of tasting wine.  It is the best way to learn about your wine “likes & dislikes” and whenever possible you should taste a wine before committing to the bottle. Given the significance I place on tasting I was psyched to learn about and visit a GREAT new wine shop in [...]

  • Is there an upper limit to Napa Valley cult Cabernet prices?

    Updated: 2012-03-29 15:09:13
    I know the Recession is supposed to be ending–let’s hope so. But I’m struck by the hopefulness coming out of Napa Valley. To judge from the escalating prices, people up there are convinced happy days are here again. I’ve reviewed, since last June 1–not even a year ago–85 Cabernet Sauvignons over $100. That doesn’t even [...]

  • Egg-xcellent Wines for Easter ~ Getting Ready to be with my family once more for food and wine

    Updated: 2012-03-29 11:00:39
    This is one title I didn’t make up myself, Egg-xcellent Wines for Easter. It’s very campy and cute, and is what it is, and is the brainchild of Domaine Carneros. [UPDATE: The painting of the egg is the brainchild of Domaine Carneros. the creation of it is from the French company, Nomblot, that has been making [...]

  • Added Value Retailer ~ Food & Wine Pairings

    Updated: 2012-03-28 11:00:59
    I’m all about food and wine, because that’s mostly how I view enjoying it. That said, there’s nothing like a glass at the end of the day as I prepare food to go with my wine, either. I’m a strong believer in a glass a day keeps the doctor away, especially if you don’t have [...]

  • The Wines of António Mendes Lopes

    Updated: 2012-03-28 03:42:00
    When someone talks about the wines from Portugal, most of us naturally assume that we are talking about Port, the fortified wine from the Douro Valley region. Well, there are more to the wines of Portugal than merely Port. In fact, there are a whole host of non-fortified wines, made from some 39 varieties of [...]

  • The “Sideways” effect on Merlot is officially dead

    Updated: 2012-03-27 14:55:48
    Somebody has to be the first to say it, so I will: Merlot’s back. Did it ever leave? Everyone said so, after Sideways appeared to destroy the wine’s viability among consumers. I was never so sure; the facts never supported it, only anecdotes. For example, ACNeilsen reported, in 2006 (two years after the movie came [...]

  • The Lou I Knew ~ Louis J. Foppiano

    Updated: 2012-03-27 11:00:22
    Louis J. Foppiano The Lou Everyone Knew Louis J. Foppiano, patriarch of Sonoma County’s oldest winemaking family and a man of firm ethics, never forgot his humble roots growing up in Healdsburg, California. He dedicated his life to farming his Russian River Valley vineyard, and promoting quality grapes. In the process, he became a wine [...]

  • Will capitalism eventually cannibalize itself? (Rant of the week)

    Updated: 2012-03-26 11:00:26
    These are the things that keep me up at night. What made me ask this question? Talking with a winery president, who shared that wholesalers no longer want a 25 percent mark up on an incoming winery’s product. The big guys have grown to currently be taking a 33 to 34 percent markup. Now that’s [...]

  • Ever confuse wine varieties? “Not since lunch”

    Updated: 2012-03-26 08:10:06
    I’m sure it used to be true, in France, that there were major differences between the tastes of Bordeaux (mainly Cabernet Sauvignon), Burgundy (Pinot Noir) and Hermitage (Syrah). The old wine books, our only and most trusted sources of knowledge of the wines of 100 years ago, tell us so. That heritage–that each region specialized [...]

  • Ode to a Wine Incarnate, as written by Dr. Sondra Barrett

    Updated: 2012-03-23 10:00:14
    The first time I read through Wine’s Hidden Beauty ~ Bioscapes of Wine: Sondra Barrett, I began to think of wine as a whole new entity, something much grander than a liquid food. Reading it didn’t inspire me to write about whether or not the book worked for me and how I’d share that. Nope, [...]

  • Social Hosts: There’s a law targeting parents that is so broadly written, even the people who endorsed it are getting trapped by it

    Updated: 2012-03-22 10:00:11
    Given what I wrote about yesterday, regarding Barrel Tasting weekend being out of control in the younger demographic, and having a response from Richard that included “Social Host,” I think it’s interesting to ask…. Are you aware of this? I’m providing this as a public service announcement (P.S.A.), just so you know. From a PRESS [...]

  • When they’re out of control

    Updated: 2012-03-21 10:00:36
    Another year, another barrel tasting, and another trip to the vomitorium… Ah, barrel tasting… It’s such a joy when they come to town. Townies hide out, by the way. People ask me, “Are you going barrel tasting?” “Ah…. no thanks.” But, that’s just me and a few of us who have been here long enough [...]

  • Nuyaka Creek Wine and Chili Fest May 19

    Updated: 2012-03-11 16:59:16
    : 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 3 11 2012 Nuyaka Creek Wine and Chili Fest May 19 2007 Nuyaka Creek WineFest Glass a photo by FreeWine on . Flickr Our annual Spring wine festival is a great chance to rub elbows with Oklahoma's community of wine lovers and taste a wide variety of made-in-Oklahoma wines . This year attendees will get an even bigger taste of Oklahoma The 2012 Spring Wine Festival at Nuyaka Creek Winery will also include a benefit Chili Cook-off between area volunteer fire . departments Entry into the event and parking is free at

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