Posts Tagged winemaking

• A Panel of Grape Growers - August 5th, 2009

  I attended a conference called, Growing Even Greener: Ecowinegrowing in California’s North Coast in Hopland, CA. The whole experience was an awe-filled mouthful. I’m excited to see the word sustainability taking on a bigger picture meaning that has lots of soul.

  Here’s a little punch line storytelling…

• Chew on This… - July 22nd, 2009

  In our on-going journey to reframe organic in the wine world, we’re going to play with the term, living wine.

  Wine in general needs to open a while, and we’re talking more than an hour. Imagine wine that gets better for several days once opened, maybe 3, 4, or 5 days.

  Okay, you get up in the morning, you stretch, breathe, get some water in you, a little coffee, step outside, breathe some more air, go for a walk… you’re waking up, and you start to find your mojo for the day.

  If a wine is alive why wouldn’t it need it’s own version of that?

• To Sulfite or Not to Sulfite? - June 24th, 2009

  One of the biggest questions I hear is, does the wine contain sulfites? Sulfites are used in wine for lots of things. Elemental sulfur (which is an organic compound) is used in the vineyards to prevent powdery mildew. Sulfur dioxide is used at several spots.