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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Earthiness in wine is unrelated to the soil

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I have previously reported on Alex Maltman's view of the inapplicability of geologic terms as wine descriptors because geologic mineral...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Myths and legends: the "taste" of "chalky minerality" in wine

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In my most recent post , I presented Alex Maltman's arguments against what he perceived as the myth of minerality in wines as evidenced ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Minerality in wine? Fuggedaboudit

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Or so says Alex Maltman of the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales. In a previous post , I outlined a...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Battle over the role of geology in wine typicity

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According to Christopher Bargman (Geology and wine in South Africa, Geoscientist 15(4), April 2005), soil is the major influence on the grow...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Guild of Sommeliers Alto Adige Master Class: The red wines

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On Thursday, May 16th, Master Sommelier Geoff Kruth led a Guild of Sommeliers Master Class on wines from the Alto Adige (Südtirol) region. ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Loire Valley wine region soils: Origins and characteristics

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Winegeeks has identified Kimmeridgian as the top vineyard soil in the world but has erroneously attributed that soil type to the totality o...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Guild of Sommeliers Alto Adige Master Class: The white wines

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On Thursday, May 16th, Master Sommelier Geoff Kruth led a Guild of Sommeliers Master Class on wines from the Alto Adige (Südtirol) region. I...