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Harvey Steiman

Holiday Gifts: The Wine Cellar Solution

Posted: 12:09 PM ET, 10/27/08

In these difficult economic times, those of us with wine cellars are in a pretty good position to save some money on holiday gifts while making our friends and relatives happy and grateful. Here's how: Delve into your cellar for goodies to give as gifts. Read more

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

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