An about-turn on herbicide sprays reveals Champagne’s true attitude to sustainability.Caroline Henry·Thursday, 28-Apr-2022 © Caroline Henry/Wine-Searcher | Vineyards near Hautvilliers have been blasted with herbicide. Champagne’s backstep from its own environmental principles is playing out in its vineyards, which increasingly resemble a nuclear wasteland. For the last few years, the Comité Champagne (CIVC) has been very vocal about … Read more
Rating wine by quality. Writer Rod Phillips Illustrator Lehel Kovacs The pleasure wine gives varies according to circumstances and mood, but many drinkers look for objective ratings when buying it. Reviewers all over the world rate wines out of 100 points, and many bottles carry stickers showing they scored 88, 90, or 93 points. But the 100-point … Read more
BY JAHDÉ MARLEY Enthusiast magazine. Click here to subscribe today! The National Weather Service began recording temperature across the U.S. in 1901. The year 2016 was the warmest, followed by 2020. This past decade was the warmest 10-year span on record. Vintage write-ups have been filled with notes of extremes in addition to record-breaking heat: drought, humidity, fires. Grape farmers … Read more
Ever wonder where Artist wine labels came from and how it all started. An informative article link is below. ‘Waiter! A bottle of 1975 Warhol please’ – why every great artist has to do a wine label…..https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/18/waiter-a-bottle-of-1975-warhol-please-why-every-great-artist-has-to-do-a-wine-label?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.
Here are some recent topics featured in the Blog of Sid Cross. Altogether there are 1004 posts and Sid continues to add a new one every week. Also, every week Sid will answer a wine and/or food related question sent to him via e-mail in a new feature titled “Ask Sid.” Have a look, we think … Read more
Beaune, France (CNN) — France’s Burgundy winemakers agree on one thing: 2021 was about as catastrophic a year as any of them can remember.It was in April that disaster struck. To learn more Click here