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"Old Vines" on Snooth


November 2009

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

dmcker wrote in the forum topic: "Hi My Name Is" / Favorite Red
November 2009

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...

GregT wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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...

Brad Coelho wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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.

GregT wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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...

Brad Coelho wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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...

dmcker wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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

GregT wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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...

vks wrote in the forum topic: How old are your vines?
November 2009

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...

GregT wrote in the forum topic: Zin/Syrah blends?
November 2009

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...

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