Category: Wine Blogs
How to start your own wine shop
If you love wine, you may have toyed with the idea of opening your own shop. What better way to make a living than to taste and discover new wines, chat up customers and recommend favourite bottles?
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Blog: Art and wine combine in flourishing former orchard
When I told you about Flaxmore Vineyards a couple of years ago they were a new label in the Nelson wine scene. In the intervening years owners Stuart and P have been busy establishing a cellar door facility and recently added an art gallery next to the tasting room.
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Real progress on ingredient listing for wine
It has long seemed strange that, while labels tell us every little detail of what goes into processed food, we are told nothing about what goes into wine. A UK wine-trade official remarked this would be impossible because of the difficulty of distinguishing between ingredients and processing agents such as finings, while others have argued […]
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Blog: brutal year, bright future for wine tourism
We knew instinctively that 2020 has been a brutal year for wine country tourism nationwide, and worldwide, due to COVID-19 and its related restrictions. After all, how can a people-driven business survive without people? Winetourism.com has now added some data confirming our instincts through its Global Report of COVID-19 Impact on Wine Tourism, based on […]
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Opinion: smoke taint and the “smoke-curious”
The evidence of the past few years strongly suggests that wildfires are part of the ecosystem of wine regions in the western United States and Canada (as well as some regions in Australia.) That means we should probably consider smoke to be part of the terroir of these regions. Wine producers and consumers must learn […]
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Blog: the problem with wine terminology in the virtual world
As we find ourselves entering another season in this brave new world of virtual tasting, sidling up to our computer screens instead of a barstool for a cocktail, it’s time to revisit our vocabulary and reconsider the words we use when we interact with our customers.
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Blog: anatomy of Georgia’s wine export surge
Exports of wines from Georgia have surged in recent years, a fact that is both well-deserved and timely. Georgia wine’s success in 2020 is especially timely because travel and tourism — another important Georgian industry — has been hard hit by the global coronavirus pandemic. Ideally, the wine and the tourism industries work together to […]
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US: the time might be right for grape rootstock
Grey Creek Viticultural Services in Healdsburg, CA, is well aware of the two questions wine grape growers continually ask themselves: What are we going to do with the fruit that we have? And/or: What are we going to plant?
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Opinion: English wine’s growth is unsustainable
One of the UK’s most experienced wine commentators has expressed concern about the long-term sustainability of the English wine scene on its current trajectory. Production has shot up in recent years. Between 2014 and 2017, England and Wales annually produced around 4m and 6m bottles of still and sparkling wine respectively. In 2018 production grew […]
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Opinion: Jancis Robinson on why Americans lead on sustainability
According to the British wine author and critic, it’s US producers—not European—who are truly progressive when it comes to sustainable viticulture. Wine farmers generally are ahead of the sustainability curve—and American farmers seem to be even further ahead. This was the overarching takeaway from the 2020 JancisRobinson.com writing competition.
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Blog: An ethos beyond organic
Biodynamic viticulture, which combines ecology and a sense of spirituality, is attracting wine industry interest.
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The Conversation: ‘there’s no need for panic over China’s trade threats’
China’s increasingly belligerent threats to close its markets to Australian exports have excited talk of a full-blown trade war. But let’s not panic. These threats are best understood as psychological warfare, not a statement of reality.
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Blog: chaos reigns at scandal-hit somms’ court
More master sommeliers are suspended as women question whether the erstwhile old boys’ club can survive without complete change. The messy handling of the cheating scandal in 2018, the botched attempt to address the Black Lives Matter movement and a total lack of transparency about harassment of women candidates have created tsunami conditions for the […]
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Blog: how will the US election impact fine wine?
US voters and political animals of all stripes are nervously/eagerly examining every potential outcome of one of the tensest US elections of recent times but what effect could the outcome have on the fine wine market and tariffs placed on European wines?
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Blog: How age affects salivary flow and aroma perception in wine tasting – a preliminary study
One big area of research in wine is related to wine aroma perception and how this perception is similar or different depending upon a variety of factors. From cultural to physiological differences, wine aroma perception seemingly depends on the individual.
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Blog: Loss of trans-resveratrol in young red wines
Many wine connoisseurs are well aware of the purported health benefits of wine, particularly in regard to antioxidant activity. A commonly cited piece of evidence is the French Paradox – the observation that certain European countries where it is customary to consume a glass of wine per day display improved cardiovascular health and longevity.
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