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Category: Facts About Wine
Grape quantity per bottle
How many grapes does it take to make a bottle of wine? Depends, as it so often does in wine. Ballpark: 600 to 800 grape berries. Continue reading “Grape quantity per bottle”
Old wine
The vast majority of the wine you are likely to purchase is ready to drink when you get home from the store. What happens when you put a bottle in the back of your wine fridge or dark closet and forget about it? What happens with really old wine? Continue reading “Old wine”
Wine glut
Wine world bad news and good news. Bad: record harvests in 2018 and 2019 produced a grape glut. Further bad: some grapes may have “smoke taint” from fires in California and Australia, further driving down prices. Grape growers are not thrilled. Continue reading “Wine glut”
Sosie Wines Roussanne, Vivio Vineyard–Bennett Valley, Sonoma Valley 2015
Medium gold color; nectarine, Meyer lemon, peach on the nose; Meyer lemon, orange, peach, apricot, mango on the palate. Continue reading “Sosie Wines Roussanne, Vivio Vineyard–Bennett Valley, Sonoma Valley 2015”
Amphorae
Amphorae are those funny-looking jars with pointy bottoms that were the almost universal container in the ancient world. Continue reading “Amphorae”
Moët & Chandon Moët Imperial Brut Champagne NV
Deep gold color with touches of green; apple, lemon, citrus, brioche, flowers on the nose; green apple, peach, pear, citrus, freshly baked bread, almond chip on the palate. Continue reading “Moët & Chandon Moët Imperial Brut Champagne NV”
Space wine
You may have missed the out-of-this-world wine news late last year when a dozen bottles of Bordeaux wine arrived at the International Space Station. Continue reading “Space wine”
Moët & Chandon 2012 Grand Vintage Champagne
Deep yellow-gold color with hint of green; white flowers; pastry, yeast, walnut, hazelnut on the nose; pink grapefruit, pear, nectarine, peach on the palate. Continue reading “Moët & Chandon 2012 Grand Vintage Champagne”
Decade review
With the first decade of the 21st century in the books, let’s examine wine world-changing events of the past 10 years. Continue reading “Decade review”