A couple of cool articles on the chemistry of wine. From Science Daily, California Vineyard Uses ... to Michael Cleary, senior manager of grape and wine chemistry at E & J Gallo Winery, who described ... spent an afternoon extolling the virtues of making better wine through chemistry — even as some organic ... I say bring on the science. The study of the chemistry of wine won’t reduce the diversity...

... better wine through chemistry — even as some organic vintners complain the technology is being used to mass market wine that all tastes the same. The wine scientists aim to bring the same chemical analysis used in chemical plants, oil refineries and pharmaceutical factories to make wine manufacturing ... burgeoning sales. Last year, U.S. retail wine sales totaled $26 billion, a 5 percent increase over 2004...

The occasion is the 232nd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society and several of the attendees spent Sunday afternoon extolling the virtues of making better wine through chemistry - even as some organic vintners complain the technology is being used to mass market wine that all tastes the same...

Lange 2005 Pinot Noir: Holy crap. That's a good wine...

The New York Times has an excellent article [free registration required] about the whole sphere of the 100-point wine scoring system. Required reading for any wine enthusiast...

A fantastic buy at $13 a bottle, Toad Hollow's Erik's the Red is a massive, full bodied, and downright festive red wine. It is made up of 15 different grapes and may well be the perfect table wine for any occassion. It is fruity - with ripe...

The title of ‘Wine Tasting’ was a bit misleading. What Casa Ludovico held was a cuisine and wine experience. Most wine tastings are pretty similar. I expected an array of five or six wines, a few plates of bread and crackers, a bunch of people standing around talking quietly among themselves while...

Tomorrow (6/14/2005) a local Italian restaurant is having a wine tasting. I will be there to see what they have to offer. I believe there will be some more affordable wines involved although I know a few of the offerings will be rather expensive but I am hoping to find some values...

... on the wide topics of wine here given that it’s one of the central themes here, so I’ve added subcategory tags to the Wine category for Appellations & Vintages , Ohio Wine , Wine Blogs and Wine Science . I was thinking about adding a few more subcategory tags, such as Wine Law & Policy or Wine Events. My ... . Those two that I mention perhaps? A wine reviews tag separate from the general reviews category...

"Judging Australian wine shows is the closest I've ever come to hand-to-hand combat." So says wine writer Tim Atkin the Uk's The Observer: "No one actually exchanges punches, but the verbal fisticuffs can be brutal. If you're brought up to be polite and to consider someone else's point of view, the bare-knuckle opinions can come as a shock. 'I thought that wine was fucked, mate,' a fellow...