winemaking

A Bootful of Wine - Tasting Notes from Italy A visit to Terrabianca ... Expert viticulture, modern winemaking facilities, great quality fruit, and every wine in the stable exceptional at its price point. What is the...

I hear you. So here's something you might do. Try some of the wines rated at 88,89, 90, 91 points or so. Sometimes you can get those relatively cheaply. Pay attention to the specific critic who rated the wine more than...

That Pie Franco is indeed a good wine. They also do a version in barrique, super small production, not imported but I have some and think it should be, and their basic verdejo is very good too. Their sauvignon blanc is...

Wow, Greg, with these comments on Bordeaux's lucre-lusting winemakers and those about that manic reviewer of Australian wines in another thread, you're in rare form today. I like it!

Please join us for JAQK Cellars’ Fall tasting event at Aventine. Enjoy delicious wine at Taverna Aventine, a drinking establishment built upon the site of the 150 year-old seawall that marks the boundary of the infamous...

Well, now that you mention Lindemans and Fortifieds... I have a similar story. I worked for Poole's Rock Wines for many years and the winemaker (Patrick Auld) worked for Lindemans from some years (of his 30+ career as...

Remember in ~1995 trying a 1979 Touriga Nacional 'port' that had been made by the fortified winemaker at Lindemans. The bulk of it was blended into a rather so-so cask wine, but he'd kept a few bottles for his own...

Andrzej Lipinski: One of Canada's Pioneering Winemakers One question that ... had full control over the winemaking process. He chose Chardonnay due to both its popularity and the vinification options he had available to...

As a statistician, I am often tempted to perform some kind of arcane analysis of scores that informs us once and for all time. But let us pander to our philosophical instincts instead. My experience spans a fairly...