Magali Delmas and Laura Grant, of UCLA and UCSB respectively, examined 13,400 California wines from an eight-year period ending in 2005 to reach their conclusions, which will appear in a forthcoming issue of the journal Business & Society. “ Eco-labeling Strategies and Price-Premium: The Wine Industry Puzzle.&# Delmas, M.

Wineries that advertise in Wine Spectator have their wines score better–but only by less than one point. Some California wineries are going all Rioja and consciously holding wines back for bottle aging–sometimes a decade or more–at the winery. SIPPED: number crunching. WS editor Tom Matthews responds to the research.

I've been wondering recently what it would mean if Hanzell, which planted the first pinot noir vines in California in 1953, received 95+ points from the major trade press regularly. One 99 point score from Robert Parker is pretty much all it would take. The 2004 is now five years old and tastes like a young Kongsgaard The Judge.

SIPPED: industrial waste over Givry. The Burgundy village of Givry has to contend with plans for a new industrial waste treatment plant on the outskirts of town. Score one for the winemakers! California’s legislature approved a new budget without increasing the excise tax on wine. SPIT: Bordeaux futures.

So buckle up and get ready to hear his thoughts on what’s wrong with Riesling from Austria and Australia, screwcaps and their problems, the Loire, California cab then and now, indigenous yeasts, roto-fermenters, small oak barrels, wines over 14% alcohol and why he uses scores! California cabs from the 70s. Wine scores.

Our business model is built around what we call in the industry the "spot" market for super/ultra premium bulk wines. We know that it's hard for the wine lover to know how to navigate the scores, prices and hype about wine out there. Lot 72, a 2005 Meritage from California: Nose: sweet, earthy aromas with a Bordeaux model.

and "California promotes wines that dont suck" Um.since when did fresh herbs become weird?! And millions of people think that California wines dont suck.but that certainly isnt an indication of greatness. Doesnt the fellow realize there would be no California wine without Europe? Now, what could make the fellow happier? Sheesh.

The California wine industry that welcomed a wine-novice Wine Tasting Guy with open arms is under attack. Alice Feiring, a warm woman whom I met & spoke with at length shortly after transitioning into the wine industry, is under attack. criteria that enables wines to score highly amongst the well known critic's ratings.

An industry answer to Fast Food Nation and Kitchen Confidential, the book paints a distressing picture of a world full of Frankenwines (my word, not Ms. If tales like that sound familiar, you may recall Mondovino, the 2004 Jonathan Nossiter documentary about globalization in the wine industry. Then theres the hardware. Welcome to Ms.

But as the wine industry has matured (vineyards & wine making techniques have improved) and customers have become more sophisticated, the wines of Gamla have improved by leaps and bounds. Rogov gives the 2004 the best score of the bunch, but any will do the trick at $14 or so. Buy it up, drink it and be proud. Galil Mountain.

Industry tasting : Terry Theise Grower Champagnes at the Michael Skurnik tasting. This is my 200th post here at the ol' Brooklynguy blog. That's a lot of writing about wine and food. Kind of hard to believe. looked through the blog recently and I think there is some stuff worth reading, whether for entertainment or for information about wine.

Organic" WAS conventional, in that it was just-the-way-things-were-done, up until about a half century ago when chemical companies began calling on farmers (I interviewed one of the patriarchs of California agriculture recently, and he was the one who turned on that lightbulb for me. Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Do check it out.

Although it is a Monday, the deadest night in the food/beverage industry, we waited about 20 minutes for a place to sit. The waitress recommended a California Pinot, but at $80 bottle, kinda steep, especially for someone who is not a big fan of California Pinot - too fruity!  On to the wine. The lady I was with likes sweet wine.