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To Save Soggy Grapes, Winemaker Looks To Helicopter It’s been raining for days and the crop you’re a week away from harvesting is about to mold. If you don’t dry it quickly, you will lose the crop. What do you do? If you’re Bruce Cakebread, you call in a helicopter to be a giant grape dryer. When rain soaked Napa Valley two weeks ago, Cakebread — the president of Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford,…
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Believe it or not, me and Sparky go waaaaaaaay back! I’m talking 2009, here! Mollydooker winemaker Sparky Marquis was actually the first ever winemaker I interviewed when I started blogging. This week he came back to Jacksonville for the release of his 2010 wines. The interview was supposed to last about 15 minutes. We ended up talking for closer to an hour. <Sparky starts pouring every-single one of his wines into glasses lined up…
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This last Monday, I had the privilege to attend my first ever Monday night football game! Suffice to say it was probably the most American thing I’ve done all year! For the first time since I’ve been living in Jacksonville, the Mrs and I decided to take a big leap of faith, and become season ticket holders for the Jacksonville Jaguar’s (whom I still insist on pronouncing JAG-U-AHHHS). I can’t say why I thought season…
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In 1990, a traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood was removed from schools in Empire, California; supposedly because the classic Grimm’s fairy tale recounts that the little girl took a bottle of wine to her grandmother. ”That passage condones the use of alcohol,” said Lynn McPeak, the district’s interim curriculum director. ”It is one reason we chose not to distribute the book.”
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There are countless numbers of songwriters who’ve also been inspired by wine, but writing songs about wine isn’t a new phenomena. The "Charles Heidsieck Waltz" was an orchestral piece composed by Paul Mestrozzi which debuted in 1895! Below are my top 10 songs with wine in the lyrics: 10. Celebration by Kanye West “You know what though? You my favorite accident. So go head pop some Cristal.” 9. Ironic by Alanis Morrisette "It’s a black…
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Grape 100% Melon de Bourgogne – and yes, I know you’ve probably never heard of it… Facts …and the French wonder why people stopped buying their wine, and moved toward New World producers!?!?! No-one can understand the wine labels!!! The full name of this wine is so intimidating, it makes you wish you’d paid better attention in 3rd grade French class! Let’s take a look at the label above, and break it…
Read MoreThe indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is referred to as the "punt", but what is it? Watch this video to find out! icJ0IoUa9-zdU2c9X_Sad5JKByw
Read MoreQuite a handy little guide! Click the image to get a larger view; then print it out (at work obviously, as it’ll use-up a lot of ink), and stick it in your kitchen! Then, hide it when your friends come round for dinner, and dazzle them with your infinite knowledge of what part of the cow that steak came from! Beef Made Easy–A Guide to Retail Beef Cuts, and Recommended Cooking Methods.
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Actually it’s more like ‘”Last Week in Wine”, since I didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday! Shelf crash destroys 6,810 wine bottles A Wisconsin liquor store that lost 6,810 bottles of wine and champagne in a shelf collapse has posted footage of the incident to YouTube. Superior Discount Liquor in Sheboygan posted security camera footage of the collapse, which occurred in July as Badger Liquor Co. salesman Nick Haen was restocking the…
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Grapes 65% Cabernet, 20% Syrah, 8% Merlot, 7% Carmenere Facts In 1960, a relatively unknown gentleman by the name of Agustin Huneeus burst onto the Chilean wine-scene. He purchased part of the Concha y Toro winery operation, became the winery’s CEO, and is credited with turning it into the largest wine producers in the country. By the 70’s however, things in Chile had gotten kind of crazy! Pinochet had overthrown the Government, and Agustin…
Read MoreIn case you ever wanted to know how to open a bottle of wine like a Sommelier…here you go….
Read MoreVery cool interview I did last week with Business Beware Show!
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