Comments on: Pax Mahle’s enormous eggs http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/ wine talk that goes down easy Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:15:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Peace Train | Uva Buena http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-396629 Peace Train | Uva Buena Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:19:44 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-396629 [...] Vino – another reliable source with a cool name – wrote last October that Pax had won his name back. Although this would have a lovely symmetry to it, I haven’t seen it corroborated anywhere and [...]

]]> By: Wino http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355302 Wino Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:48:27 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355302 It’ll be interesting to see how long this lasts and what the next fad will be. Good thing that these guys are selling their wines for big bucks because their new toy fetish must be unreal expensive to maintain.

]]> By: pam strayer http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355219 pam strayer Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:31:52 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355219 Also check out Saracina’s interesting use of amphorae – great photos

http://winecountrygeographic.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-department-of-whats-old-is-new-again.html

AND

http://leslieceramics.blogspot.com/2010/12/ceramic-wine-fermenting-tanks.html

This is way cool and turned into an art project to boot!

Lots of producers are using cement eggs as well, including most of the Demeter-certified U.S. biodynamic wineries.

]]> By: bill mnarsano http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355169 bill mnarsano Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:22:51 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355169 Stone? Cement, surely (technically it’s concrete). The fad turnover must have winemakers’ heads spinning. Only a few years ago the truncated cone was the rage and I heard many splendid explanations of why it was the best of all possible designs–although none of them included Pythagoras.

]]> By: Terroirist » Daily Wine News: Free My Drink! http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355145 Terroirist » Daily Wine News: Free My Drink! Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:03:38 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355145 [...] Vino checks out Pax Mahle’s enormous [...]

]]> By: Merrill Witt http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355110 Merrill Witt Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:13:54 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355110 The Adelaide Hills biodynamic winery Ngeringa also uses Nomblot concrete egg fermenters.

Apparently the egg fermenter is built using Pythagoras’ Golden Mean. Erinn Klein, winemaker at Ngeringa, believes that the egg shape encourages a flowing energy, practically keeping the lees more easily in suspension, and, esoterically, enhancing the vibrancy of the wine!

http://www.cellarit.com.au/wine-blog/biodynamic-wine-making/ngeringa-a-wholistic-approach-to-winemaking

]]> By: Mike http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355106 Mike Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:32:11 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355106 Doc,
Have you seen the Mer Soleil Silver Unoaked Chard 2010, the ceramic bottle reflects the cement tanks.

]]> By: Dan Alban http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355071 Dan Alban Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:44:24 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355071 Linden Vineyards in Virginia has one of these that they call CuveEgg (or somesuch). They only got it a year or two ago and are still experimenting with how to use it. So far, I think they’ve used it for chardonnay from the Avenius Vineyard.

]]> By: nick http://www.drvino.com/2011/10/26/pax-mahle-stone-fermenters/#comment-355069 nick Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:06:20 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=9865#comment-355069 he still makes big boys under the Agharta label.. 2004 spent 50 months in 100% new oak or something.. 98 RP

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