Tasting sized pours
The WSJ has a story today on the rise of Indian wine, a subject I touched on a couple of months ago. This story reveals that the growers at 20 degrees latitude have to flip the seasons, pruning the vines into dormancy during the monsoon months and then growing the grapes in the more mild, non-monsoon months. [WSJ $]
And last Friday the WSJ couple, Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher, wrote their first ever column on organic wines–and liked them! “Too many wines these days taste like they were made in a lab,” they wrote. “These, generally, did not.” (WSJ via PPG)
Russia’s ban on Georgian wine will cost Georgia the equivalent of 1 percent of GDP according to the IMF. A senior Russian official is now courting Bulgaria to fill the void. Whoa, power politics through the wine bottle! [Mosnews, RIA Novosti]
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision on direct shipping. The Sonoma Press Democrat reports that while some producers have enjoyed the change, others have found it a mixed bag as they have become mired in the varying state rules and fees. [Sonoma Press Democrat]
Sam’s Wine in Chicago resolved a 17 month legal dispute by promising to pay a $300,000 fine, close for three days (Jan 1 – 3), and empty its warehouse of alcoholic beverages. [Chicago Tribune]
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