The Destiny Bay Winegaggle

In January we posted a blog on Winegaggle entitled “Ecodynamic Organistainable Biocarbonfriendly Grape Growing”.  It was a tongue-in-cheek critique of environmentally friendly grape growing programs.  Our specific gripe was not with the righteous aim of (most) of these programs but … Continue reading →

Say what you want about French wine, but they got the important stuff right: appellation controlee, specialization, and the first true branding of dirt. This is not to say the French don’t make their fair share of inexpensive “grape-a-hol” (an … Continue reading →

The impact of MOG and SSBM on wine flavor and aroma About 30 years ago, a successful television commercial for Hills Brothers coffee pictured a coffee broker flatly stating that each year he rejects thousands of pounds of inferior coffee … Continue reading →

There are over 600 wine writers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada alone. There is no formal certification, registration, licensing or training program to become a wine writer – you simply have to declare yourself to be one. Make no … Continue reading →

I hate cork.  Let me be absolutely clear. I REALLY hate cork. After all the hard work we put into growing our grapes, meticulously sorting the harvested fruit, making the wine, barrel aging it, bottling it, bottle aging it, and … Continue reading →