Boiling it down to extremely simplified terms, the goal of the wine grape grower is to raise healthy grapes to optimal ripeness, in order to achieve a sense of balance or “completeness” in the wine made from them. Traditionally, sugar…
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Fungal infections in grapes, be it Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium spp., powdery mildew, or any other rot, is a frequent headache for vineyards, and are infections that threaten the quality of the grapes when picked at harvest, resulting in a lot…
As a couple of my more recent posts mentioned, I recently became the recipient of the Donnafugata Award for Excellence in Enotourism, which allowed me the opportunity to attend the 2013 Digital Wine Communications Conference (DWCC) in Rioja, Spain. I met so many…