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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Erbamat: Franciacorta's climate-change mitigator

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I have previously written a post on the Franciocorta wine region and a series of posts comparing the wines from Champagne, Prosecco, Franci...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

The wines of Hidden Bench Estate Winery (Beamsville, Ontario, Canada)

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Hidden Bench Estate Winery pursues terroir-driven wines and, as such, farms organically and adheres to a strict non-interventionist policy ...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Hidden Bench Estate Winery (Beamsville, Ontario, Canada): Viticultural environment

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I have spent the last three posts framing the physical environment ( bedrock , soils , climate ) within which Hidden Bench Estate Winery (Be...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Climate in the Niagara Peninsula wine region

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Climate, according to Dr. Tony Wolff (Lecturer and Viticulturist, Virginia Tech) and John D. Boyer, is the average course of weather in a re...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

Soils of Canada's Niagara Peninsula appellation

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I covered the bedrock of Canada's Niagara Peninsula in my most recent post and will now turn to its soils. In areas that have not bee...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Bedrock Formation in Canada's Niagara Peninsula

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Earlier this year I paid a visit to Hidden Bench Winery Estate which is located in the Beamsville sub-appellation of the Niagara Peninsula a...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Fermentation, Distillation, Aging, and Tasting: The Appleton Estate Rum Tour

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In my prior post on the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Tour, I covered the raw material production exhibits. In this post I cover the ferme...