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Enough is too much | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. Enough is too much. August 25, 2006. In the August 2006 edition of The Wine Spectator, we see once again the old armchair viticulturist refrain regarding crop yield that less is always more. James Laube’s assessment of the 2005 vintage is that it should. We’d have less need of RO’s to concentrate flavor if we understood vine balance better. We’d also pay less for these improved wines if that pricey Napa acreage were put to more efficient use. Meantime maybe the 2005’s ca...You a...
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2006 Harvest Oddities | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. September 15, 2006. It seems like they all are. After the intense early September heat of 2004 and the extreme cold of 2005, we’ve seen our share of recent physiological peculiarities in California fruit. But Nature continues to find new motifs with which to toy with us and test our mettle. To be sure, vintage variation in California occurs within a much narrower range than the wild fluctuations typical of France and Germany. On the other hand, we do irrigate. Foliage was suffic...
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August | 2006 | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. Enough is too much. August 25, 2006. In the August 2006 edition of The Wine Spectator, we see once again the old armchair viticulturist refrain regarding crop yield that less is always more. James Laube’s assessment of the 2005 vintage is that it should. We’d have less need of RO’s to concentrate flavor if we understood vine balance better. We’d also pay less for these improved wines if that pricey Napa acreage were put to more efficient use. Meantime maybe the 2005’s ca...The l...
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The wine technology blog. A Master of Wine visits the winery. July 4, 2006. Monday I was visited by an earnest and energetic MW who dragged her hapless but cheerful husband and son to my winery for a chat about the evil things I do and how on earth I can go on living with myself. Well, she was a lot kinder than that, but I did sense her concern. I said I didn’t know either, but maybe they’d like to taste some wine. Posted in Showcasing GrapeCraft. June 8, 2006. Dear Mr. Smith:. 8212;———...I do believe yo...
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November | 2006 | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. This blog has moved. November 1, 2006. I’ve moved uptown a couple blocks. Find me at grapecrafter.com. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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Ageworthiness and alcohol level | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. Ageworthiness and alcohol level. July 8, 2006. I was asked whether there’s any truth to the assertion that high alcohol wines don’t age very well. On the other hand, sometimes grapes achieve very high brix without these problems. A case in point is the 1999 CSU Fresno Syrah in our study, which came in on September 17th at 31 brix, but possessed fresh blueberry aromas and fine, firm tannin, and is still drinking quite well today. So high alcohol. Not so the unadjusted 18% wine, w...
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July | 2006 | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. In response to Eric Asimov on sweetness of California wines. July 22, 2006. Heated discussion ensued in response to Eric Asimov’s indictment of California wines for what he termed “sweetness.” (See http:/ www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/dining/19pour.html? A large number of responses ensued, defending our honor. In areas lacking summer rainfall, Californians and South Australians need to work at living soil much harder than the French or even vineyards of Long Island or Niagara. ...
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The Communality Paradox | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. July 4, 2006. This weekend Napa Valley has hosted the 2006 Symposium of the Institute of Masters of Wine. One of the most stimulating speakers was a chap under whom I studied Sensory Science at UC Davis, Dr. Michael O’Mahoney, a thoughtful and erudite chap who also brings his training as a Shakespearean actor to the lecture hall, and is never boring. A seminal book on behavioral positives), and Gallo’s consumer czarina, Jennifer Wiseman, who organizes consumer behavior in Gallo’...
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Pinocchio: It Takes One to Know One | GrapeCraft
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The wine technology blog. Pinocchio: It Takes One to Know One. August 3, 2006. The latest phrase to learn: Pinocchio Wine. This refers to a new Italian political movement to protect the industry against artificial ageing techniques, by which they mean use of oak chips. After serving a decade with the OIV Groupe d’Expertes Sur la Technologie du Vin, I can assure you that wine purity through effective regulation is not the Italian way. That would be the French. The Italian way is (surprise! Napoleon plante...
