Apr 4, 2005
It has always perturbed me a bit that our society essentially demands that girls and women fit into a particular physical mold: skinny, made up, the right clothes. By and large, the demand is met with an equal supply of women willing to buy into the cliche marketed everywhere. So I’m not sure if it’s a good thing that the wine industry as rode in to reinforce these demands and help women meet them with a wine marketed directly at…
Apr 4, 2005
Sometimes you just have to ask yourself, "where the hell have I been?" That was my personal query when this morning I discover a number of visits to Fermentations were coming from a Wine Forum called "Wine Therapy." So, investigating I discover a gentleman by the name of Joe Dressner has posted over at Wine Therapy a note about Fermentation’s new address and a few bits of information about Wark Communications and my age. (Joe: I like the age range…
Apr 3, 2005
I’ve been wanting to work with a more flexible blog for a long time. Blogger, while a great place to start, made it hard to continue. So, welcome to the new home of "Fermentations: The Daily Wine Blog" If you are one of the lucky few who have had this site bookmarked (emphasis on few) you’ll want to replace your bookmark with the new link. While the old site will stay up for a time, there will be no new…
Apr 2, 2005
William Lyons has an interesting and thought provoking article on the implications of not just drought on the character of French wine, but of climate change too. Using the hot 2003 vintage as a jumping off point, and looking at an unusually dry March, Lyons and his interviewees discuss Bordeaux that is bigger, softer, higher in alcohol…essentially, more New World in style. In one very interesting statistic, Lyons quotes a Greg Jones, a Southern Oregon University Researcher who is predicting…
Apr 1, 2005
A group of whacked out French vintners in the Languadoc who would point to the Film "Mondovino" as inspiration have done more damage with dynamite. Yes you read that right. Dynamite According to reports, a group has formed made up of French vintners upset that the government isn’t doing more to help with the fact that French exports of wine has fallen and about the oversupply of French wine. The French government has already allocated 70 million Euros to aid…