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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Detert Family Vineyards: The least-heralded of the Collective To Kalon wines

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The common ancestor of Detert Family Vineyards and Macdonald Vineyard was a plot hived of from the larger Stelling Oakville holdings in 195...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

A review of the farming philosophies and viticultural practices of Collective To Kalon (Oakville AVA, Napa)

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I have been casting around for an obvious way to reference the land that is the combination of the historic To Kalon vineyard and the Stelli...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Recent Developments at To Kalon Vineyard (Oakville AVA, Napa)

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I recently came across a Decanter article on To Kalon Vineyard attaining California Certified Organic Farmer (CCOF) certification and it pr...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Lebanese Wine: Renaissance Interruptus

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My most recent post covered the role of the Phoenicians in the spread of wine across the Mediterranean. As was the case for Iranian wine , p...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Ancient Wine: The Phoenicians and the spread of wine across the Mediterranean Basin

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According to Yuval Noah Harari ( Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ), the genus Homo evolved in Africa and spread to Eurasia 2 million y...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Contextualizing the newly minted Chianti Classico sub-zones

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There has been a lengthy ongoing discussion among invested parties as to the need for sub-zones within the Chianti Classico DOCG. In June 20...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Il Guercio and Uno from the Tenuta di Carleone estate (Radda in Chianti, Chianti Classico, Tuscany)

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Tenuta Carleone di Castiglione, located in Chianti Classico's Radda in Chianti, is the fruit of the vision of an Austrian entrepreneur -...