Random Snippets: Edition #2

August 12, 2009 at 9:41 am (What we are thinking) (, , , , , , , , , , , , )

Get your WINE GEEK on:  The art of BLENDING.
Winemaking is a skill, a science, but also, an art, an expression of not only the soil and terroir of a particular vineyard, but also the grape varieties, weather conditions, particularly rainfall or irrigation, from the past two years, and the conscious decisions of the winemaker.  I am assuming, for the sake of this discussion, that the winemaker is also the farmer that grows the grapes and tends the vineyard. Read the rest of this entry »

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