5 Scary Wine Faults and What You Should Know
Explanations from our favorite wine fault articles on the web, along with a “How Scary?” description, which aims to break down each “fault” in layman’s terms.
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Like or Dislike Oak Aged Wine? It’s More Complicated Than You Think
For the most part, oak-aged red and white wine is still misunderstood among most consumers. We asked seven winemakers to explain what oak actually imparts to a wine.
Terroirist’s Debate: A Resource for MW Candidates
Ever heard of “deferred fermentation”? Or met a winemaker who believes native yeast ferments equate to loss of control? Or what impact cold-soaks truly have on wines, especially tannic wines? Well, for any Master of Wine candidates out there, we want to draw your attention to an article co-authored by our very own Editor-in-Cheif, Jonathan Cristaldi, …
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How to Tell You Have Mastered a Wine Region
Mastering a wine region requires a comprehensive understanding of that region. In simpler terms, it is digesting the why behind the region. For example, it is important to know what the yield restrictions are in the Grand Cru Vineyards of Alsace, but even more important to understand why those yield restrictions were put in place, …
Why Clones Matter – And Do They Trump Terroir?
by Alicia Cypress It’s inevitable. When you start thinking about how a clone influences the style of a wine, it becomes a chicken or the egg kind of thing (is it the clone or the terroir that comes first, or which is more important?). And if you’re not too careful, you might find yourself going …
For the Love of a Rose
This article was originally published on TimGaiser.com on March 13, 2016. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission. by Tim Gaiser, MS August 2007: I’m in Germany for the Grosse Lage tasting in Wiesbaden with a group of writers and other industry people from the UK and the US. If not familiar, the Grosse …