Blog Index
James Laube
Amazon's Wine Play: What Does It Mean?
Posted: 12:43 PM ET, 09/12/08
Since most of us don’t reside anywhere near the top of wine food chain, at some point we intersect with the distribution system.
Depending on where you live, of course, it can be anything from a piddling annoyance to a grander, weightier matter that transcends irritation. Read more
2008 Harvest
The Ball Starts Rolling in Châteauneuf
Posted: 05:38 PM ET, 09/11/08
Posted by Jean-Charles Cazes
The harvest has slowly started in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where, since 2006, we have owned the 67 acres of Domaine des Sénéchaux. Read more
Jean-Charles Cazes
The Ball Starts Rolling in Châteauneuf
Posted: 05:32 PM ET, 09/11/08
Jean-Charles Cazes is blogging for Wine Spectator as part of our 2008 Harvest Winemakers' Blog. Read more
James Molesworth
An Early Look at 2008 in the Rhône
Posted: 10:35 AM ET, 09/11/08
I've been checking in with a few producers in the Rhône as they gear up for their 2008 harvest. The growing season (which I'll report on more once the harvest is complete) has been tricky in both the north and south, with spring rains and humidity that led to difficult flowering, lower yields, and tougher disease pressures in the vineyards. Read more
2008 Harvest
Warm Tuscan Septembers Mean Good Ripening and Possible Hail
Posted: 10:00 AM ET, 09/11/08
Posted by Barbara Kronenberg-Widmer
The Chianti weather continues to be dreamlike. If the days were not getting shorter, you would not realize that it is almost mid-September. Moreover, the weather forecast for the coming weeks promises stable temperatures, despite the fact that the risk of thunderstorms is supposed to increase heavily in the next 15 days. Read more
James Laube
Second Chance Not Always For The Better
Posted: 05:17 PM ET, 09/10/08
As the tastings wind down for any given varietal, and the wines that need a second, or third, or even fourth review pass through the tasting room, sometimes things get ugly.
We re-taste wines for a variety of reasons. Wines with bad corks, spoiled wines or bottles that have been cooked during shipping are routinely tasted a second time. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Ripeness
Posted: 12:41 PM ET, 09/10/08
The question of ripeness vs. over-ripeness hovers over everything that's going on in today's wine world. My buddy James Laube brought it up in his blog last week, and guest blogger Adam Lee weighed in on it this week. I grapple with it constantly in the wines I review, especially Australian Shiraz but also in warmer vintages of Oregon Pinot Noir, such as the 2006s I have been tasting this past week, when most of the best grapes were picked during a long, late heat wave. Read more
2008 Harvest
Oregon's 2008 Vintage Conditions May Push the Envelope, Again
Posted: 11:28 AM ET, 09/10/08
Posted by Josh Bergström
As I traveled up California’s Highway 101 through Santa Rosa last week, I couldn’t help but notice all of the deeply colored fruit hanging on tired vines, the picking bins stacked in vineyard rows and the harvest trucks with juicy payloads cruising back and forth between busy wineries. Read more
Josh Bergström
Oregon's 2008 Vintage Conditions May Push the Envelope, Again
Posted: 11:20 AM ET, 09/10/08
Josh Bergström is blogging for Wine Spectator as part of our 2008 Harvest Winemakers' Blog. To read more of his posts, visit that blog.
As I traveled up California’s Highway 101 through Santa Rosa last week, I couldn’t help but notice all of the deeply colored fruit hanging on tired vines, the picking bins stacked in vineyard rows and the harvest trucks with juicy payloads cruising back and forth between busy wineries. Read more
James Suckling
Remembering Claret
Posted: 04:15 PM ET, 09/09/08
I was thinking about my trip to Bordeaux last week, and how many elegant and beautiful wines I tasted as well as consumed. The latter action is the most important one for me to remember.
Sure, I was tasting three or four dozen wines a day in my tasting room at the hotel Les Sources de Caudelie in the Pessac-Leognan region. Read more
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