A follow up to my informative (though clearly not informative enough) intro to “what is a vintage.” Bastards. I told you that a good vintage relies on a good harvest, and that relies on the right weather. So winter, a vine is reduced to beef jerky, but come the spring we want buds and life [...]
Tags: Buying wine, climate change and wine, Henry Butler, Rhone wines, What is a vintage wine, wine and the weather
Little bit of a warm up for the soon to be released Winebox.tv WineSchool Videos: what is a vintage? People apply vintage to a bottle of wine incorrectly quite often, so to avoid looking like a fool, take heed, its really simple: its the date on the bottle. If a wine says 2009, that means [...]
Tags: 1982 Vintage Bordeaux, 2007 Rhone, Berry Brothers, Henry Butler, Vintage wines, Wine knowledge
Cameraman’s New Year’s resolution is to stop being such a grumpy bastard (honestly!) so I thought a good deed might help him feel better about himself. This is an appeal on behalf of the growers of Muscadet. Its handy because Muscadet tends to be a wine fairly low in alcohol so all of you who [...]
Tags: Henry Butler, Loire Valley, Muscadet, Support for wine makers, Wine for January, Wine with fish
