The following is a guest post (as promised) by Arthur George. He is a retired lawyer who now resides in Santa Barbara County, California wine country, who now spends his time as a “winemaker, author, mythologist, cultural historian, and blogger”.…
To view a complete list of all the books I have reviewed on The Academic Wino, visit my Wine Book Library page and browse! Full disclosure: I received a copy of this book for free from the author, and links…
We’ve all read the headlines – “Wine is good for you!”, “Wine is bad for you!’, “Wine is good in moderation!”, “Wine is loaded with healthy polyphenols!”, etc etc. The fact of the matter is that if you drink too…
Historically, there are many winemaking practices that may or may not exactly be backed-up scientifically. Today’s article examines one of those practices/theories: that small grapes produce better red wines. The thought process behind this idea is that smaller grapes may…
Earlier this year, I covered an article looking at the influence of alcohol content on aroma (esters) release in wine tasting. I’m sort of following up on that post with a new study by the same authors taking the concept…
**TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH*** . . . Before I start today’s blog post, I wanted to explain my absence this past month or so. A little over a month ago, one of my sisters was found deceased in her apartment from…
I’m not usually one to celebrate “International Whatever” Days, but one, in particular, is near and dear to me personally, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to feature a study focused on this one tiny but important organism –…
With social distancing and stay-at-home/shelter-in-place mandated in many parts of the US (and worldwide) because of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, wineries and retail outlets in general have been forced to innovate when it comes to selling their wines to consumers.…