Slang term for botrytis cinerea , a beneficial mold that overtakes the Semillon (and to a lesser extent, Sauvignon Blanc) grapes used to produce the sweet Sauternes wines of Bordeaux. (more…)

The 2007 vintage looks as though it might become one of the most difficult in a long time in Bordeaux. There are reports of rot affecting up to 90 per cent of the grapes in some vineyards...

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061017/NEWS/610170305/1033/NEWS01 -- Bob Foster

Forum: WINE TALK Posted By: Duncan Salmon Post Time: 10-30-2006 at 01:43 AM

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir crops could be down as much as 20 percent due to slow ripening and cool, damp weather

View over the Medieval Chateau d'Yquem and its vineyard with semillon vines and sandy gravely soil, blue sky sunshine and clouds at harvest time. Chateau d’Yquem, Sauternes, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, Gironde, France, Europe

So I get a check in the mail from the Orlando Weekly today. It’s what you call one of them there ree-zih-dyu-wulls. They picked up one of my Seattle Weekly beer articles, What Would Al Gore Drink? In other news, I have a nasty case of bar rot. For the half of you that don’t know what that is, it’s like athlete’s foot on your fingers. Bartenders get it from handling tons of citrus, dirty...

... of tradition, terroir and mystique. William Echikson’s “Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine Revolution ... , the late harvest desert wine made in Bordeaux. The fungus on the grapes, known as “noble rot ... . As it turns out the Lur-Saluces family is as complex as their wines and much of Noble Rot is devoted ... Rot makes for a quick weekend read and one I hope more wine lovers will check out. That’s why I...

The San Francisco Chronicle has posted a number of German Riesling reviews that would be great for the next Wine Blogging Wednesday in a few weeks. Most of them are $25 or less and several different German regions are represented. It’s almost time for the next round of the Wine Book Club which I am also hosting. Even if you haven’t started reading my pick, William Echikson’s Noble Rot...

... the second edition of the Wine Book Club is focused on William Echikson’s Noble Rot: A Bordeaux Wine ... of Noble Rot (the book, not the fungus ). If you don’t have a blog, you can sign up at our new Wine...