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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Found in Translation: A Grape By Any Other Name (Monthly Wine Writing Challenge 32 #MWWC32)
The theme is “translation” for this, the thirty second Monthly Wine Writing Challenge.
Luckily, my Aunt surprised me recently.
She hosts near-monthly dinners, cooks great food, and pours copious amounts of sparkling wine. I bring good bottles that survived my workweek. Well, at our last powwow she had something new from Oregon.
Now, most American wine is an act of translation. Why? Because we try to conjugate European grapes with American soil, climate, and palates. Results taste familiar but different: like speaking French with a Texan accent. But with today’s wine, America forgot the encyclopedia. Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, Cheese, De Ponte, drink, dundee, Food, melon, Muscadet, Oregon, pairing, vineyard, Willamette Valley, wine, winemaking
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What Makes a Vineyard Special? Wine Review: Panther Creek Shea Vineyard Willamette Valley Oregon 2011
What makes a vineyard special? Names like la Tâche, Mesnil, To-Kalon, Beckstoffer, Richbourg, and Canubi get geeks swooning and burning their wallets. But forget soil, weather, aspect, drainage, or anything physical. We usually prattle on about that stuff to justify taking out a second mortgage. No, human history and the arbiters of taste have made these sites more prized than their fancy dirt. Continue reading
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Tagged booze, drink, Food, Ken Wright, Oregon, pinot noir, Robert Parker, shea, travel, vineyard, willamette, Willamette Valley, wine, yamhill carlton
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Too soon!
So, I took some clippings of Wadenswil Pinot Noir from Hyland Estates. This was back around Thanksgiving. I forgot them for three months. Then I found them in a bag, popped them in water, and was immediately told it’s Spring Aaron, … Continue reading
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Tagged grapes, Hyland Estates, Oregon, pinot noir, spring, vineyard, wine
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A Cut Above: Grape Vine Pruning at Home Vineyard
Sorry Internet, but between three weddings and a funeral I have been a bit busy. To bide your time, share in my moment of vine-cutting trauma:
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Tagged grapes, Home, home winemaking, homemade wine, vineyard, wine
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Wine From Vines: Planting my First Vineyard
So it begins. After years of making wine from bought grapes, finally, finally, I could plant my own vines. It only took buying a home with a quarter acre…minor details… Continue reading
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Tagged Champagne, chardonnay, gardenning, grapes, home wine, pinot blanc, pinot grigio, Pinot Gris, Pinot meunier, plants, riesling, vineyard, wine, winemaking
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