Featured Blog Postings for Wednesday, September 30th
Each day our editors monitor 50 wine industry blogs and select the most relevant, recent postings.
A summary of each posting with a link to the blog is listed below.
The Pour Not the Anti-Chardonnay AnymoreSeptember 30thBack in the days when I used to take such questions seriously, I was convinced that riesling was the world's greatest white wine grape.
JancisRobinson.com - fine writing on fine wines Ornellaia keeps the air cleanSeptember 30thTenuta dell'Ornellaia is running an experiment to measure the amount of CO2 absorbed by their vines, pictured here.
Vinography Tasting Notes for Top Champagnes of the WorldSeptember 30thYou might call me a born-again Champagne fanatic. There was a time when I didn't care for the stuff, but that was only because I had lived my life without ever tasting really good Champagne.
Steve Heimoff What I like, and whySeptember 30thI'm told, mainly by my friends in wine P.R., that the topic of my palate is of some interest to winemakers.
Artisan Family of Wines Good Reads WednesdaySeptember 30thEvery Wednesday I post my recommendations of the best of last week's postings concerning wine, whether blogs or news. I list them in the order I read them, so you shouldn't infer anything about the order in which I list these posts.
CLUB 61 The sky's the limitSeptember 30thSatellite photography offers the vigneron a new tool for grape selection. An unexpected but fruitful encounter of 21rst century space technology and a 1000s year old trade.
Reign of Terroir Jonathan Nossiter pt. 3, Wine, Power, PortugalSeptember 30thI am very pleased to present the third and concluding part of my sterling interview with writer/film-maker Jonathan Nossiter.
Good Grape Are You a Wine Tycoon?September 30thHave you ever longed to start a winery? The process just got a lot easier. There's no financial models, pesky bank loans, land leases or Mother Nature issues … it's as easy as starting up your computer.
Dr. Vino's wine blog Tipsy gamers: Wine TycoonSeptember 30thVia goodgrape, we learn of the impending release of a new Sims-like computer game called Wine Tycoon. The producer's description:
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