Vine burial in Russia
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Not some ancient rite of passage for dead vines but a way to keep vines alive during the -26 to -27°C winter temperatures
How to love wine – a memoir and manifesto, by Eric Asimov
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This is a sort of a “Feel the fear and do it anyway” book. Asimov discusses fear of wine (wine anxiety, he calls it) in the USA but I struggle to imagine the anxiety is much different in the UK for those not wanting to embarrass themselves by choosing the ‘wrong’ wine to go with their dinner, or not spotting a faulty wine in a restaurant.
Domaine Nathalie et Gilles Fevre
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Nathalie and Gilles Fevre make outstanding wines from their 43 hectare Chablis property, and I was keen to get the low-down on Chablis and minerality from these top-quality guys.
The Finest Wines of Germany, by Stephan Reinhardt
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For a lover of cool climate wines I’m already pre-disposed to want to like this book.
Vineyard Joggings
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(aka the jog blog – thanks @thewinebird). Having taken up (very slow) jogging again in the summer of 2012, I thought it might be fun to share some microclimatic observations.
Bourboulenc at Château d’Anglès
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Château d’Anglès in the Languedoc has made something of a specialty of its old white bourboulenc grape variety, making tasty, fresh wines worthy of bottle-age.
Sauvignon blanc sub-regionality in Marlborough, NZ
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What is it about Marlborough that makes this patch of land so well suited to producing the crisp, pungent, immediately-appealing, refreshing mouthfuls of intensely herby and fruity wines that Brits go wild for?
Abbotts and Delaunay
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It’s refreshing to admit a vinous volte face, which is just what happened when I visited recently at Abbotts and Delaunay in the Languedoc-Roussillon.
The new Crus Bourgeois – three years in
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With the cancellation of the 2003 classification in 2007, the cru bourgeois moniker in Bordeaux was due for extinction, but was saved via a third-party accredited, transparent scheme. Three years on from the introduction of the new system, how are the ‘new’ crus bourgeois being received?
Minerality quote, unquote 4
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A recent visit to Australia turned up some interesting views on minerality.
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