Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Oh, Poor Merlot

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Poor, poor, pitiful Merlot. It had more than a decade long love affair with the American wine consumer from the time of The French Paradox ...
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Thursday, May 25, 2023

California Wine Grape Trends

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The following data is from the California 2022 Grape Crush Report published by the USDA. The trends show where we've been in the last fe...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

What's Done to Wine in the Cellar?

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First off, I'm not a winemaker other than a bit of homemade stuff. Actually, if I was a winemaker, I wouldn't be telling you many of...
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Mega Purple is Everywhere!

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Depending on your point-of-view, there is a secret ingredient to help many wines look better or there is fakery and dishonest business pract...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

A Successful Wine Tasting Trip

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 Whether you are going for a day or a week, here are a few wine tasting tips to make things go well. As you'll see, there's a bit of...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Hot Alcohol (in Sales)

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What's hot in alcohol sales in the country? This is looking at growth over the past few years, not total sales. Info from Market Watch M...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

In Depth: Acid, Tannins, Sweetness

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The past few posts have covered individual elements that you taste in a wine: acidity, tannins, sweetness, alcohol, and body. If you remembe...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Body in Wine

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The term body is the weight, texture and richness of a wine. Weight is viscosity, or how thick and heavy it feels. Texture would be terms li...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Alcohol in Wine

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What? There's alcohol? Yep, because otherwise you have grape juice. In the olden days, let's say three decades ago or longer, the on...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Sweetness in Wine

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In the premium wine world, dessert wines and fortified wines are expected to be sweet. A few others, like Riesling and sparkling, can have v...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Tannin in Wine

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Black teas have lots of tannins, and you feel it drying out your mouth when you drink it. Other foods, like all other teas, coffee, and nuts...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Acidity in Wine

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The easiest way to show acidity is to bite into a lemon. There's acidity! It's bright, it's refreshing, it's tart, it makes ...