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Continue reading →: How to Make a Great Wine: Step #1.Dig a hole: As you may have guessed, I am a firm believer that a great wine starts in the vineyard. Of course one may argue that the actual first step in creating a great wine should be site selection (i.e. finding the best possible place to dig a hole),…
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Continue reading →: Springing Into ActionMarch 20th. Spring has “officially” arrived. Of course, due to our latitude our spring equilux day was last week. More than 12 hours of daylight now baths our gardens, orchards and vineyards. Which of course in part explains why our almond trees decided to celebrate the arrival of Spring a…
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Continue reading →: Beware the Idles of MarchMarch 15th. The official start of Spring is just five days away. As the weather starts to warm, and we see the first signs of Winter abating with plants begin to sprout, it is tempting to idle away the time in the new warming sunny days available. Yes, tempting. But…
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Continue reading →: Trimmin’ Them VinesEvery vineyard owner must perform, year after year, the monotonous chore loving task of trimming the vines. Which means turning a tangle like this: Into this: And do that over and over and over again a few thousand times. And to get that all done before the next winter sets in.…
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Continue reading →: Spring is coming. Time to prepare for winter.As the northern hemisphere marches toward spring, my thoughts turn to winter. Future winters, that is. Our yearly household heating is done almost entirely by wood, with some minor backup and space heating augmented with electricity. This dominance of these options may exchange when the ITER project begins to supply…
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Continue reading →: Gregor Mendel and the Gray MonkAs a university student studying biology and ecology, we use to call the cellular and genetic biology students “cell squashers” to reflect the tendency to squish Drosophila melanogaster salivary gland cells for genetic studies. It was all in good fun of course, since in truth what biologist isn’t, in his or her heart…
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Continue reading →: Gray MonksPinot Gris is a mutant variety of Pinot Noir, and is distinguishable from the later by its lighter hue in coloration. Although the color of Pinot Gris can range from almost white, to purple-brownish or even going almost to black, the grapes in many examples have a grayish hue to…
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Continue reading →: Piros Tramini: not quite GewürztramineIf you type in Piros Tramini into a search engine, you will most likely see links to information about Gewürztramine. While it is true that the grape’s origins are the same, like all things Hungarian the wine grown in Hungary has its own distinctive character that makes it somewhat different…
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