by Becca • • Comments Off on Book Review: Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California; by Simone Cinotto
To view a complete list of all the books I have reviewed on The Academic Wino, visit my Wine Book Library page and browse! Today, I present to you a short review of the most recent book I’ve read: Soft…
by Becca • • Comments Off on SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Napa Wine Industry Earthquake Relief Forum Created
Many of you reading this blog are tied directly to the wine industry, be it in Napa Valley or anywhere else in the world. You’ll all probably heard the news by now and have started seeing some of the pictures…
Talking to you about the potential health benefits of red wine is kind of like beating a dead horse at this point, though I will remind you all that there has been a lot of research out there supporting the…
“59% of wines are contaminated with phthalates! Hide your women and children!” First of all, some of you may have seen some of the titles from articles reading “59% of wines contaminated with phthalates!” and other similar dramatic prose. While…