Archive for the ‘Wine News’ Category
So, according to a study, consumers can’t tell the difference between wines closed with screwcaps or natural cork. Apparently, consumers blinding tasted the same wine, but with different closures. No difference. Well, isn’t that the point those using screwcaps are making? Isn’t their use of screwcaps considered acceptable because the screwcap doesn’t affect the wine? I wonder if any of the wines the consumers in this study sampled were corked? I don’t think so. If any were, consumers would surely…
As noted in the post directly above this one, a study unveiled today demonstrates that far more consumers are familiar with "Sonoma County" as a wine region of quality, than they are any of its sub appellations such as "Dry Creek Valley", "Russian River Valley" or "Carneros". The study looked at consumer awareness of wine regions around the world and found that awareness broke down like this: Napa County: 95 percent Sonoma County: 86 percent Bordeaux, France: 72 percent Dry…
Why is it that some people enjoy certain aromas, while others don’t? Some people enjoy that hint of barnyard in wine resulting from Bret, while others can’t abide it. With older German rieslings I love that smell of petroleum. Others, however, detest it. Researchers at Brown University have concluded the following: "When an odour is paired with an emotional event, perception of that odour was altered to fit that association." This leads to the conclusions that: "As humans, we’re not…
I’m heartened by the fact that more and more wine writers are talking about wines with little or no oak. I like wines aged in oak. But the trend of soaking a wine in oak really took over the wine industry over the past decade. There have even been reports of some wineries using "200 Percent" oak. What that means is they put the wine in brand new oak to age for a few months, then they rack the wine…
