Blending. The Dark Art. I think you could go your whole life and not really master it. Which makes sense since art is like that; perfection is unattainable. During blending trials you’re always worried: Am I capturing the best of this vintage? Or am I covering up distinctiveness? Am I using enough of my juice [...]
March 22, 2009
With apologies to Chateau Petrogasm. Sadly Morgan is sold out of the ’07. However, head over to bedrockwineco.com and tell him Josh sent you. Maybe miracles can happen! Also, for those of you saying “WTF?” the password is: Panty solvent.
February 14, 2008
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 [...]
February 26, 2007
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Over at Grape Radio they’ve produced a tremendous podcast on Pinot Noir clones moderated by former UCD professor Carole Meredith. Really great info for both enthusiasts and producers alike. Thanks to the Grape Radio folks for recording and providing this great seminar from World of Pinot Noir 2006. Check it out.
January 20, 2007
At least according to David Stipp in his article on Christoph Westphal and David Sinclair’s biotech start-up Sirtris. I can tell you I’m a believer. I’ve been taking resveratrol for the past two months and, coupled with a decent diet (which of course confounds resveratrol’s efficacy) I’ve lost over 20 pounds. Anecdotal evidence is all [...]
August 21, 2009
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