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Winemaker interviews
Schalk Opperman of Lammershoek on the Power of Old Vine Swartland Chenin Blanc
"These old vines were able to survive the test of time. And with the roots being so deep in the soil and all the sandy soils, they were able to reach that last bit of reserves of water and... -
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Joel Peterson on Ravenswood’s Limbo, New Beginnings and Anniversary Bottles
"Ravenswood and its founder-winemaker, Joel Peterson, helped prove that Zinfandel could be a wine of structure, balance and elegance as well as power." Dororthy J. Gaiter and John Brecher -
Winemaker interviews
Growing Grapes in the Parched Hills of Priorat: Interview with René Barbier of Clos Mogador
"If you taste Priorat, you will have a clear idea that it’s Priorat because 95% of the terroir of Priorat is Llicorella, this schist." René Barbier, Clos Mogador
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Chad Melville: Honest Wines and Fair Prices Prepped Us for Difficult Times
"We spoke to Chad before George Floyd was killed and the resulting protests, which were generally peaceful but also sometimes descended into violence against demonstrators, journalists, police...
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Winemaker Interviews
Gideon Beinstock of Clos Saron Talks Cults and Cultivation
"I'm proud of my work, but I don't take credit for greatness in wine because to me that's the vineyard, because there's no greatness other than the vineyard in wine." Gideon Beinstock
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Hidden Treasures for Sale as Restaurants Sell Wine Curbside; Our 1994 Meursault
"A number of restaurants around the U.S. have extensive collections of older wines they have kept well for a long time and have not marked up aggressively as the years have gone on."
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"In the 1970s, sommeliers at many fine restaurants were White French men, or at least White males who pretended to be French. With tastevins around their necks, their job was to make customers feel stupid, spend more than they planned and drink French wine."
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Winemaker interviews
"These old vines were able to survive the test of time. And with the roots being so deep in the soil and all the sandy soils, they were able to reach that last bit of reserves of water and maintain themselves where a young vine would have struggled." Schalk Opperman
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"Ravenswood and its founder-winemaker, Joel Peterson, helped prove that Zinfandel could be a wine of structure, balance and elegance as well as power." Dororthy J. Gaiter and John Brecher
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Winemaker interviews
"If you taste Priorat, you will have a clear idea that it’s Priorat because 95% of the terroir of Priorat is Llicorella, this schist." René Barbier, Clos Mogador
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"We spoke to Chad before George Floyd was killed and the resulting protests, which were generally peaceful but also sometimes descended into violence against demonstrators, journalists, police and property, including the looting of a few wine stores around the country. "
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Winemaker Interviews
"I'm proud of my work, but I don't take credit for greatness in wine because to me that's the vineyard, because there's no greatness other than the vineyard in wine." Gideon Beinstock
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"A number of restaurants around the U.S. have extensive collections of older wines they have kept well for a long time and have not marked up aggressively as the years have gone on."
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Winemaker Interviews
"We've spent the last 20 years really refining the ethos. And that is site-specific, single-terroir, single-vineyard in some cases, wines of character and immerse drinkability." " Jacques de Klerk Radford Dale
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"But thinking about Napa gives us and millions of others warm feelings because many of us have had some of the best times of our lives there. Just because we can’t go to Paris right now doesn’t mean we can’t look at pictures of the Eiffel Tower and dream about the day we can."
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Winemaker Interviews
"The best Riesling, historically, have come from Germany, from Austria, from France, and we have climates here that are very similar to those. " Bruce Murray, Boundary Breaks
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BDX: Falling in Love again? Part 4 – Why Hipsters Hate Bordeaux
"The biggest mistake most of the hipster somms make is their assumption that fruity wine aromas are fake and obscure the non-fruity authentic taste of wine. For them it only becomes apparent...
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Winemaker Interviews
Chianti Classico is Not Your Daddy’s Chianti, with Walter Speller and Poggerino Wines
To help me explain why, I asked for help from my friend, Walter Speller. Walter is the Italian Wine Specialist at the Jancis Robinson publication and has great command over Italian wine knowledge,...
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Charles Bieler and the Growth of American Rosé
How Charles Bieler went from driving a pink Cadillac hawking a then unkown rosé to spawning the rosé revolution and co-owning the largest brand of American rosé.
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Winemaker Interviews
History in a bottle: ArmosA
Cantina ArmosA is located in the town of Sicili, belonging to the Province of Ragusa, in the southeast corner of the island. ArmosA has a great sense of their region's history disregarding fleeting...
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