Fossil Point Wines

• July 2012

  I have a coffee shop buddy with whom I mostly talk about auto racing (he used to drive Formula Fords and Sports 2000s) who asked me an interesting question the other day that I am going to pass along.  Does wine production, mostly, I suspect, the fermentaiton process, create carbon dioxide?It seems to me that it does, but is it significant?  I h... Read More

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• March 2012

  Today I want to take a moment to consider the impact wine making has not just on our lives, but also on the world around us. It can be a very intensive type of farming, with many producers using fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and significant amounts of carbon-based fuels during production, just to name the biggest factors.One aspect of farm... Read More

  From the article Dry Farmed Wines

  
  

• June 2011

  The cork vs. screwcap as a wine bottle closure argument/discussion has been done more than once on these pages.  My point here is to encourage some discussion around the merits (or lack-there-of) of arguments in favor of cork as an ethical choice, similar to choosing organic wines, etc.The journalof the Ecological Society Of America published th... Read More

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• October 2009

  1. A brief 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 emergence of agriculture. Based on the fossil record, grain crops are generally considered to be the first focus of human agriculture. Since grain can sustain life, i... Read More

  From the article A History of Wine

  
  

• May 2009

  I´ve read a lot lately on biodynamic wines and how the position of the moon and other things can affect the vines growth or even the wine tasting, mostly on phylosophical grounds believing that "Biodynamics takes organic farming practices and wraps them as broader conception of the farm / the vineyard as a coherent organism, where inputs and out... Read More

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