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The History of Wine Part III - Wine Storage - Barrels
It's not entirely clear when and where barrels actually originated, although their use became widespread under the Romans. Some evidence regarding the... Read more
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What's News on Snooth : November 9, 2009
Teroldego, Terrabianca, and The History of Wine - Part III, it's what's news on Snooth this week. Read more
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The History of Wine Part II - Wine Storage - The Early Days
Although the original object was to write about sweet wine, since many early wines were likely to have been sweet, some notes on wine in general seemed... Read more
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What's news on Snooth 11/02/09
What's new on Snooth. History, Chianti, and the Canadian wine scene. Read more
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Wine 101 - Down the Road to Collecting
Not surprisingly I get asked many questions about wine. While some fall into the category of why does the wine smell, taste, look, or feel the way it does,... Read more
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What's news on Snooth 10/26/09
We have a full line-up of articles to touch on today, ranging from a great interview with Mike Benziger to food and wine pairing, as well as a look at some... Read more
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Wine 101- Oak Part Four: Toasty Oak and why it's not all good
We’ve discussed how seasoning of oak affects tannins and the flavors of oak barrels but that’s only part of the story. The biggest impact on the flavor... Read more
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Wine 101 - Oak Part Three: Structure and Seasoning
As we saw in our last Wine 101 email, the science of how Oak affects a wines texture, through the introduction of oxygen, is rather simple. We began to look... Read more
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What's news on Snooth 10/19/09
A Kumeu Dinner, a jaunt through Burgundy, and a report on the wines of Carmignano. Only on Snooth Read more
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Wine 101 - Oak Part Two: There's Oak and then there's Oak.
Oak has played a fundamental role in winemaking for centuries, first as a storage vessel, and more recently as a way to massage a wines texture and flavor.... Read more
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What's news on Snooth 10/12/09
The Columbus Day Edition: Key influences in the life and times of Christoffa Corombo Read more
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Sitges Mostra de Vins
It’s a while since I went around wineries in a bikini. Actually, I think the Sitges Mostra de Vins might be a first. To roll just 100m from the surf’s... Read more
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A History of Wine
The history of wine is ancient. Most likely it first appeared in the Middle East, in what is known as the “fertile crescent” at some point after the... Read more
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Wine 101 - Oak Part One: How to Speak Wine.
"How do I learn the "notes" and such that you and fellow drinkers write about?" "How do I learn to speak wine?" These are surprisingly common questions... Read more
