Old Vines

A nice ribeye seared on the grill, steamed peas, brown rice and Macchia Outrageous old vine zin.

0h, forgot to mention once again that you should definitely swing wide around white zinfandel roadkill... It's funny because white zin first came out as a California try at making an Oeil de perdrix ('the partridge's...

So it's bare knuckles eh? As far as rationality, sometimes they do almost seem rational. Take trees for example. In the one instance, you dig a nice big hole, larger than the root ball, you put the tree in, and backfill...

Re: comfort zone, I don't know- are plants rational creatures? ;) You love the minerality! I'm up for hanging. Leave the botany gloves off.

Brad Brad Brad. I'm really claiming no expertise as a botanist. I liked the classes and whatnot but have absolutely no authority at all in that area. I'm just trying to learn what I can. Nonetheless, the thing to...

Well w/ your biology degree, was most of your plant based research based on agriculture that thrives in nutrient dense soils and is designed for high yielding purposes? Great grape growing seems to be at ends w/ most...

OK, Greg, enough tantalizing. Let's hear more about why old vines may not be all they're cracked up to be!

That Pie Franco is indeed a good wine. They also do a version in barrique, ... by phylloxera and that have old vines. However, as regards old vines, nobody can say for sure that they're in fact better and if so, why...

Some infos regarding the oldest vine the one from Slovenia. It's a local variety called "Žametovka". Some oenologists believe that Zametovka is autochthonous in Slovenia, but no proof exists; the vine is also cultivated...

Sapphire Hill in Sonoma makes "the Harlot". Great name and it's the blend you want. Limmerick Lane, one of my favorite little producers, makes something called "1023" which is their address. Same blend. I think zin...