Tomorrow a couple of grad students will be presenting their research at Davis and, happily for me, both have pinot centered topics. The info is below. Tom Fitzpatrick “Variation in the Phenolic Composition of California Pinot Noir Fruit and Wines: Analysis and Explanation” ————————————————————– M.J. Tsay “An Attempt to Discover the Drivers of Quality for [...]

Eric Asimov writes about Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in his latest post, and relates some of the astronomical prices DRC wines are commanding in New York ($2400 a bottle). The site he links to for information on DRC is interesting and well written, though the author falls prey to some remarkable anthropomorphic hyperbole, even by [...]

One of the interesting things we’re going to do for our inaugural vintage is give Capozzi wine buyers an option to have a row in Rebecca’s vineyard named after them, complete with a plaque nailed to the end of the row. A mock-up of what the plaque may look like is to the right. A [...]

Soon after I started this winery blog last November, long time readers will remember that we found out Candace was pregnant. Last week we went to Prenatal Peek in Windsor and had some very cool 4D ultrasound pics and movies taken. I highly recommend Prenatal Peek. We weren’t able to get good photos the first [...]

Dr. Andrew Waterhouse at UCD gave a talk on May 19th on his research into the effect of oxidation on wine chemistry. I didn’t attend the presentation, but the Trellis Alliance sent out an email with a link to his slides. In them he makes a provocative comment about a possible chemical explanation for terroir. [...]