Tip on reading my reviews: If it’s getting too technical for you in the methods/results, or if you don’t have much time to read through everything, just read the bolded results and skip to the conclusions for a brief summary…
Month: June 2012
Book Review: Authentic Wine; Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop
Authentic Wine: Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop (MW), is a fascinating and well-written book that aims to educate the readers about sustainable winemaking by offering suggestions on alternatives to conventional methods and supplying them…
Happy 1st Blogiversary, The Academic Wino!
The Academic Wino is One Year Old Today!!! …and we’re giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card! http://www.great-birthday-party-ideas.com/ image-files/party-decorations- champagne,-hat,-balloons,-streamers.jpg Wow! One year! Time has surely gone by swiftly! I never could have imagined where this blog would be…
Put the Barry White on Pause: Using Vibrational Disruption as an Alternative to Chemical Pesticides in Vineyard Pest Management Practices
For commercial vineyards, and commercial agricultural farms in general, pest management employs the use of chemical pesticides. These chemicals act to disrupt the communication between male and female insects that use sex pheromones to attract one another for mating. However,…