Category: Facts About Wine

Wine descriptors Part Two 4-10-2024

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Continuing our investigation of wine descriptors. Last week we noted wine shares the same molecules as familiar, pleasant tastes and smells. But what about all those weird descriptors? Continue reading “Wine descriptors Part Two 4-10-2024” →

Wine descriptors Part One 4-3-2024

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Using words to describe wine is fraught with peril and leaves wine writers exposed to ridicule. Adapting a line from Martin Mull: writing about wine is like dancing about architecture. And we do it anyway. Continue reading “Wine descriptors Part One 4-3-2024” →

Grape growing USA 3-27-2024

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Grapes remain the highest value fruit crop in the U.S.—estimated at $7 billion. There are a million acres of grape-bearing land in the U.S.—wine grapes, table grapes, and raisin grapes. Continue reading “Grape growing USA 3-27-2024” →

Wine and Holy Week 3-20-2024

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For Christians, the coming days are a transition from the promise of Christmas to the time of fulfillment of Easter. Continue reading “Wine and Holy Week 3-20-2024” →

Wine challenges 3-13-2024

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While wine has been an integral part of civilization for at least 8,000 years, it also is subject to the waxes and wanes of fashion. What is rad and fav today can be tomorrow’s meh. Think merlot. Think white zinfandel. Think Milli Vanilli. Continue reading “Wine challenges 3-13-2024” →