Blog Index
2008 Harvest
A Tale of Two Vintages
Posted: 11:19 AM ET, 10/27/08
Posted by Josh Bergström
What started out as a potentially very scary vintage in Oregon has turned out to be very anticlimactic … and that is a very good thing, I think. Compared to 2007, I find myself walking through vineyards this year and just pushing the harvest date off by one more day … or even two or three. Read more
James Laube
Waiting for the Sun in Carneros
Posted: 12:58 PM ET, 10/24/08
Caught sunrise in Carneros this morning. My internal clock has been off a bit, shuttling between Napa and New York and back, so there are times lately when I’ve risen before sunlight.
One of the things you notice on the country back roads waiting for the sun is the photographers. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Small vs. Big, and the Brunello Flap
Posted: 03:59 PM ET, 10/23/08
The magistrate investigating makers of Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino has cleared some of the wineries he had suspected of using grapes other than Sangiovese. At the same time, without naming names, he has said that 172,000 cases have tested positive for grapes other than Sangiovese. Read more
2008 Harvest
Mourvèdre Madness
Posted: 12:22 PM ET, 10/23/08
Posted by Brian Loring
As I mentioned in my last post, we’re trying our hand at making a Cabernet/Mourvèdre blend this year. Given the craziness of the 2008 harvest, it shouldn’t be surprising that we’ve run into problems with our Mourvèdre. Read more
James Suckling
Brunello Should Be Brunello
Posted: 12:14 PM ET, 10/23/08
I had a quick lunch yesterday at my office with Enrico Viglierchio, general manager of Banfi, the large American-owned Brunello di Montalcino producer, and he looked relieved as we drank a bottle of his 2003 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura. Read more
James Molesworth
From California to Morocco, via the Rhône of Course
Posted: 09:59 AM ET, 10/23/08
At the California Wine Experience last weekend, I had my fair share of west coast wines. But during a break in the action, I ducked into Marseille for a quick bite and found a wine on the wine list that I had to try: a Moroccan Syrah.
I’d actually had the wine before—in the Rhône of all places—and was pleasantly surprised to find it here in the U. Read more
2008 Harvest
Snow Can Make or Break a Harvest in the Finger Lakes
Posted: 04:19 PM ET, 10/22/08
Posted by David Whiting
Well, harvest is wrapping up in the Finger Lakes. It's still very busy, and there are more grapes to be harvested, but I notice that I am occasionally leaving the winery at a reasonable hour, which means that the finale is in sight. Read more
Bruce Sanderson
When It Rains, It Pours
Posted: 01:08 PM ET, 10/22/08
The California Wine Experience, held this past weekend at the Marriott Marquis in New York’s Times Square, was an opportunity to taste hundreds of wines.
I don’t have the final count, but over the three-day event, I easily tasted 150. Read more
2008 Harvest
Missing a Good Friend
Posted: 12:54 PM ET, 10/22/08
Posted by Adam Lee
I had planned to use this blog to write about our experiments with Nebbiolo (we just harvested the 2008 Nebbiolo grapes from Stolpman Vineyard this past week), but last night it didn’t seem important enough to write about. Read more
James Molesworth
A Sit Down with Michel Friou of Chile's Viña Almaviva
Posted: 10:27 AM ET, 10/22/08
While he may not be a household name, Michel Friou might be the envy of his winemaking peers in Chile. Why?
Well, first off, he’s the head winemaker at Viña Almaviva, the Rothschild-Concha y Toro joint venture. That means he gets to work in a well-appointed winery while sourcing fruit from the Puente Alto vineyard, one of the top spots in Chile for producing Cabernet Sauvignon-based reds (both Concha y Toro's Don Melchor and Viñedo Chadwick are produced from this area). Read more
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