Cabernet Sauvignon and Chianti and Merlot Oh My! On Grape Varietals and Wine Regions
What do Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir and Merlot have in common? They are types of wine grapes. What do Chianti and Rioja and Bordeaux have in common? They are regions that describe types of wine. If you have ever confused the two categories, you’re not alone. Though there are over 10,000 wine grape…
January 26, 2022
Phylloxera: The Scourge of the Wine World
Leaf grapes phylloxera Phylloxera: The Scourge of the Wine World or How a Louse Almost Killed Wine “Scourge: a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering” (Oxford Languages) So maybe you are reading this post as a result of the teaser from my post on AVAs? If so thank you, science is fun…
January 21, 2022
What is an AVA and Why Do I Care?
Do you want to become an educated consumer of wine? Then knowing your AVAs is a great first step: AVA stands for American Viticultural Area and defines the geographic region where a specific vineyard is planted. Geek out on the details below, so you can make sense of the hundreds of wines on the store…
January 11, 2022
Where Does Wine Start? In the Earth!
The Dirt on Oregon Wine “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care…
January 3, 2022