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Go beyond the romance of the big chateaus -- and get down and dirty -- with Eric Arnold, Wine Spectator news editor, as he discovers that making wine is hard labor.
Posted: October 8, 2006
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(GA, Geek Alert rating) How do you know when the grapes are ripe? Michael Etzel, winemaker/partner at Oregon's Beaux Frères, explains the signs. Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator editor at large, conducted the interview and shot the video (!).
Posted: October 7, 2006
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Colgin winemaker Mark Aubert likes the look of this year's Cabernet Sauvignon, but he thinks this could be the year for Merlot
Posted: October 5, 2006
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It's the first day of harvest for Merry Edwards, one of California's top Pinot producers. Grab your rubber boots (that destemmer is messy!) and meet Merry on the crush pad where she tells us, "It's all about the fruit."
Posted: October 4, 2006
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Domaine Serene winemaker Tony Rynders talks about making Pinot Noir in a year that's almost too good
Posted: September 29, 2006 By Eric Arnold
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French winemaker Stephan Asseo talks about his efforts this year to make Bordeaux- and Rhône-style wines--and a mix of the two--in California
Posted: September 28, 2006 By Tim Fish
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Woodward Canyon owner Rick Small talks about yet another dry year in Washington, progress with this year's harvest and the secret to finding good labor
Posted: September 25, 2006
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Merry Edwards talks about the 2006 growing season in Russian River Valley and the challenges of harvest
Posted: September 22, 2006
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: September 20, 2006 By James Suckling
I had a winemaker in Bordeaux ask me today if I felt that the expensive prices for 2005 were my fault? I laughed. But I was slightly annoyed too. “Don’t shoot the messenger,” I told him. I tasted the wines.
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: September 19, 2006 By James Laube
Harvest is always full of surprises. No one year is quite like the next. The action in Napa and Sonoma is building momentum. Winemakers who haven’t set foot in a church in years now talk about their daily prayers.
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James Suckling Uncorked
Posted: September 19, 2006 By James Suckling
The weather is not looking good for the harvest in Bordeaux. It’s been raining on and off since I arrived here on Saturday, and it just started raining again as I sit here and write this blog this morning and begin to blind taste a range of 1996 and 1995 Bordeaux.
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Napa Valley's Stag's Leap District, but John and Doug are patient. Picking is about to start for this top Napa Cabernet producer.
Posted: September 19, 2006
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: September 15, 2006 By James Laube
I connected with a couple of famous, long-time Napa Valley winemakers recently, and their tales are worth passing along, though I’m withholding their identities because our discussions were casual and not part of an interview.
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After a hot early summer and a cooler August, some regions show promise, others cause for concern
Posted: September 14, 2006
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After a late season and a summer heat wave, quality for many varieties hinges on fall weather
Posted: September 8, 2006 By Daniel Sogg
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Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Posted: September 5, 2006 By James Molesworth
I know you're all bored of me talking about the Rhône all the time. So here's an update on the other French wine region I cover - the Loire. I thought you might be interested to read a few of the comments that I've received from vignerons over the last few days as they get ready for the 2006 harvest.
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Posted: September 5, 2006 By James Laube
In California, vintners are on the final approach to harvest, for what has been a very mixed and trying year. As my winegrower friend C.J. predicted in April , it has been an expensive year to farm, with an abundance of spring rain and a late, uneven grape set.
Aug. 31, 2006 Issue
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Vintners from Australia to South Africa evaluate the vintage
Posted: August 31, 2006
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Shiraz looks promising across South Australia, while white varieties in many areas benefited from a cool summer
Posted: June 9, 2006 By Susan Gough Henly
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Winemakers from north to south harvested ripe fruit from a dry year
Posted: June 9, 2006 By Eric Arnold
