Many of us are familiar with the term “terroir”, though some are torn as to whether this is a real phenomenon, or if it was just something that the French made up to help sell their wines (I tend to…
As one 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…
To view a complete list of all the books I have reviewed on The Academic Wino, visit my Wine Book Library page and browse! To purchase any of the books I’ve reviewed, check out my Amazon.com storefront! Cheers! The Vineyard…
There have been a lot of major advances in the world of winemaking and viticulture. The following graphic, from the peer-reviewed article “At the cutting-edge of grape and wine biotechnology” by Anthony R. Borneman, Simon A. Schmidt, and Isak S.…