Last Friday the American Society of Enology and Viticulture published an article by Science Editor (and my former Prof.) Linda Bisson and Managing Editor Judith McKibben that tackles the issue of Open Access to publicly funded research. You can read the article here. If you have any interest in free access to public research, be [...]

I haven’t been writing much on the winery as of late, so I thought I’d provide a quick update. The Use Permit process is running its course, which is what you must get out of the way before you can even get a construction permit. We’re currently hiring all sorts of consultants to provide the [...]

Preliminary crush data for 2007 were released on Feb 10th. And there was much rejoicing. Some of the data are pretty interesting. I’ve highlighted a couple bits below. This first graph (created in the wonderful Apple spreadsheet app, Numbers) shows the highest price per ton paid for each grape variety in California Sonoma County. Considering [...]

Chris Berman’s recent outbursts captured and posted to YouTube have gotten a lot of attention lately, but here’s one where he’s chatting a woman up about Chardonnay. He seems to know what he’s talkin’ ’bout. Just don’t get on his bad side by giving him some lousy wine or something (Warning: Not Suitable For Work).

Everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to be understood. And everyone wants to be acknowledged – to stand out from their peers. The paradox is that to get the third thing, you need to put the first two in jeopardy. Chateau Petrogasm, a blog that reviews wine using only a single picture, is doing [...]