Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/2/23
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Vinography Images: Good Vibrations
Shiny berries of Cabernet Sauvignon and just a few stem jacks are all that is left after the vibrating sorting
2023 Wind to Wine Festival: August 5, Rohnert Park
Petaluma is hot right now. This once-sleepy town best known for chickens, eggs, and homegrown star Winona Ryder, has become
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 7/2/23
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Vinography Images: Flame of Freshness
A burning sulfur cake glows blue in the bunghole of an old barrel at Fitapreta Vinhos in the Alentejo region
Introducing the Old Vine Registry
With great pride and excitement, I’d like to announce the launch of the Old Vine Registry, the world’s largest and
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 6/25/23
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Vinography Images: The Color of Delicious
New wine shines a vivid garnet-purple against the metal of the press pan during pressing at Anomaly Vineyards in St.
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 6/18/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/11/23
Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.
Vinography Images: Constellations of Life
Looking like nothing so much as maps of constellations, patterns emerge in the bubbles of fermenting yeasts in a talha,
California’s Chilly SLO Coast
The phrase ‘hidden gem’ has been horribly over-used as an introduction to wine regions throughout the globe for decades. But
Rhone Rangers Summer Tasting: June 24, Sonoma
Once upon a time, the big wine associations used to put on one, and only one, wine tasting event per
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 6/11/23
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/4/23
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Vinography Images: Breathing Wine
Fermenting must hits the sieve before filling the open-top, 130-gallon tank where it will be pumped up & sprayed into the
Wine News: What I’m Reading the week of 6/4/23
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The Dark Jewel of Umbria: Thoughts on Montefalco Sagrantino
On the narrow “boot” of Italy, at least the part that protrudes into the Mediterranean, there exists one and only
Vinography Images: It’s Alive
Once barrel fermentation begins, the sound of popping bungs & frothy sticky must dripping everywhere abounds in the cellar. Fermenting
