ignore the small minds - Cheers - Andrew Andrew Martin on May 13, 2008 07:18 AM Actually he does make one useful point: "Powerful fruit -- the product, for the most part, of extremely well-cultivated grapes, not technological manipulation.". Now, what could make the fellow happier? Commentary to follow. Feel free not to wait. Comments ".weird MORE >>

But one of the biggest plagues in the south these days is the huge expansion of syrah plantings in the vineyards here- not just in Châteauneuf du Pape, but also throughout the villages of the Côtes du Rhône. But what you do get with all this syrah being incorporated into the traditional blends in the south is dark color- black-purple wines. MORE >>

Making wines exclusively grown in the Golan Heights region on its volcanic soils (a result of two volvano eruptions - the most recent a short million years ago), GHW (Golan Heights Winery) grows 22 varietals and produces close to 30 wines.  And that does not include the wines made in the Galilee region by its sister winery Galil Mountain. MORE >>

So I'm simply going to blog (briefly) about "TECHNOLOGY". Someone commented how they wonder if wines from the same winery in a recent vintage & one from a vintage many years ago were made (and tasted) the same (or at least comparably). At which point the phenomena of technology & perceived "better quality" came up. MORE >>