I know some folks won’t believe me when I say, “You can taste the dirt in the wine”. You can. The smells in a vineyard are ever present in a wine. Let’s take Cabernet Sauvignon for example. There are two very distinct styles of CS in Napa Valley. There’s something called “Rutherford Dust”. Take a […]
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Have you ever noticed how farmers rotate their crops? Well, probably not if you’re a city goat. But if you’ve ever driven across our great country through the plains states (it’ll take you about a week if you stop and smell the roses), you’d see different rows of vegetables next to each other or different
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China’s effect on Bordeaux’s Global Market Before there were Wine Magazines, Wine Awards, Wine Symposiums and Wine Critics, there was Napoleon Bonapart III. In 1855, there was an Exposition at the Universelle of Paris. Visitors from around the world were to taste the wines of Bordeaux. He wanted a way for guests to know their
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