Leah Canon

Why Age Isn’t Just a Number, When it Comes to Wine and Barrel Aging

In years past, before everyone who’s anyone put in drip lines, you needed to know the Vintage Date to determine the difference between good years and bad years.  Years with a longer growing season were good years.  Years with a summer rain were bad years.  But all that was before drip lines and hydrometers.  Nowadays,

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The Glass Matters

“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, So that I may wet my mind and say something clever.” – Aristophanes A beaker, huh?  I haven’t drunk from a beaker, but I have measured wine in a beaker in a blending study to see if a small percentage of a white might improve the aroma of

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