Tasting sized pours
A flight of headlines:
The dollar hits a two-year high against the euro. Hedge, people, hedge! [NYT]
French AOC wine prices are collapsing [BeverageDaily]
A new group of 180 French winemakers has organized under the name of Sève, les amis de Joseph Capus to reform the country’s wine laws. According to Francois des Ligneris in Decanter, new quality criteria should include density of vines, types of yeast used, and whether methods such as cryo-extraction or reverse osmosis are used or if acid, bacteria, chemicals or pesticides are added. Bonne chance, les amis. [Decanter]
PA wineries get a restraining order to delay being prohibited from shipping directly to consumers while the state prohibits out-of state shipments. Hmm, sounds a violation of the SCOTUS decision in May. [PBT]
Blogger Shiraz has a discussion on aromas and tasting notes that actually sniffs out some scientific literature.
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On May 10th, 2009 at 3:23 am ,BRUCE wrote:
This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.