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Short Barbaresco rant, anyone?

jeremyelijah wrote 3 months ago: Here is what I won’t be doing this fall: I won’t be drinking 06 Barbaresco, or serving i … more →

Tags: barbaresco, Musso, Rio Sordo, Wine

Major: Wine Makin'

speakfoodish wrote 4 months ago:     Did you know that you could major in making wine? Well I didn’t until my friend and I were talki … more →

Tags: Wine, Colleges/Universities, Viticulture

Integrated Pest Management at Ridge Vineyards, The Movie!

christopherwatkins wrote 5 months ago: Here’s a few questions for you: -Have you ever wondered what Integrated Pest Management is? -H … more →

Tags: Vineyards and Oenology, Caleb Mosely, Cryptolaemus Montrouzieri, Integrated Pest Management, oenology, sustainability, Viticulture

Indy International Wine Competition

Brad Skiles wrote 6 months ago: My wife and I had the wonderful opportunity to work on the “Pit Cru” at the 2009 Indy In … more →

Tags: Learned My Lesson, Indy International Wine Competition, Wine, Vintner

Worthless damn education...1 comment

echochilde wrote 9 months ago: I was told from the time I was old enough to understand what an education was, that it was the only … more →

Tags: rants, Wine Making, Education, Winery

Beautiful and Classy New Release: Summer Issue of Make Mine Wine!

makeminewine wrote 1 year ago: Weekend inspiration for the Wine and Finer Things Lifestyle pops from cover to cover in the summer i … more →

Tags: Wine, Iowa Wineries, Viticulture, Make Mine Wine, Fun, buy local, summer events, Prairie Moon Winery, Great Escape Winery

Thomas Kruse Winery: Vestiges of the Valley of Heart's Delight

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: A century and more ago, Santa Clara Valley was filled with the fragrance of vineyards and orchards. … more →

Tags: Family, History, Varietals, Viticulture, Wineries, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, harvest, Merlot

Free SO2s in the Barrel2 comments

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: Imagine winemakers just as sensitive to sulfites and tannins as you are. Meet the proprietors at Soq … more →

Tags: Varietals, Viticulture, Wineries, , Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignane, Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, Soquel Vineyards

For Paul Bargetto, Winemaking Quest Started Early

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: Paul Bargetto, third-generation winemaker, believes that wine is made in the vineyard. At Soquel Vin … more →

Tags: Family, Varietals, Viticulture, Wineries, brix, Culture, fermentation, Grapes, History

Hang Time in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: No, not hang gliders, basketball players or Wild West bandits. Grapes. Grapes destined for wine rely … more →

Tags: History, Varietals, Viticulture, Wineries, Aptos Chamber of Commerce, Cabernet Sauvignon, Judgment of Paris, Pinot Noir, Ridge Vineyards

FPS Grape Program Cleans, Tests and Certifies

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: In the early 1850s, immigrants from many European countries brought thousands of cuttings of their f … more →

Tags: History, Varietals, Viticulture, Deborah Golino, Foundation Plant Services, grapestock importation, Nancy Sweet, National Grape Registry, Quarantine

Winemaker Combines a Love of Chemistry and Business1 comment

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: With the deft slice of a pristine white shovel, Lois Dowd pushes through the crust of grape skins at … more →

Tags: Varietals, Viticulture, Wineries, fermentation, Merlot, punch down, Thomas Kruse Winery, UC Davis

Special Collections in Shields Library, UC Davis

Jan Janes wrote 2 years ago: Standing on the shoulders of giants is an oft-repeated phrase of researchers, and Shields Library at … more →

Tags: History, Viticulture, Leon Adams, Maynard Amerine, Prohibition, Shields Library, UC Davis

Virginia is for Wine Lovers

hmillar13 wrote 2 years ago: Wow.  Who would have thought after my last blog, “Wine country … on the east coast? … more →

Tags: Workforce, General, VCCS, Community College, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Viticulture, Virginia wine industry, virginia wineries, virginia wine trail

Wine country … on the east coast?? 2 comments

hmillar13 wrote 2 years ago: Usually, when you hear about “wine country,” people are referring to Napa or Sonoma Valley in Califo … more →

Tags: Workforce, General, VCCS, Community College, workforce services, Wine, Wine Making, Viticulture

Expect a Great Event!

makeminewine wrote 2 years ago: If you’ve seen the striking, fun advertising for SWine or their Web site www.swinefestival.com, you’ … more →

Tags: Wine, Iowa Wineries, Viticulture, Make Mine Wine, Fun, summer events, Midwest Wine Country, Iowa, Barbara Rasko

Grapes

makeminewine wrote 2 years ago: Today I was  Waterloo at KWWL TV and was interviewed on the KWWL News at Noon Show by TV News Anchor … more →

Tags: Iowa Wineries, Grape Growing, Viticulture, Make Mine Wine, Midwest Wine Industry

Innovation … Support … Excellence1 comment

makeminewine wrote 2 years ago: I was working until Saturday in Florida and missed the Iowa Wine Growers Association’s Annual Confer … more →

Tags: Viticulture, Make Mine Wine, Midwest Wine Industry

Viticulture and Enology Front and Center

makeminewine wrote 2 years ago: Next weekend, February 9 and 10, The 2007 Annual Conference of the Iowa Wine Growers Association wil … more →

Tags: Wine, Iowa Wineries, Grape Growing, Viticulture


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