Category Archives: News
Newer posts →Now You See it, Now You Don’t: How Wineries Get Rid of Excess Wine.
August 23, 2012Every winery faces the problem that at one time or another: a quantity of their wine has not sold. Most often, there is nothing wrong with the wine — it merely hasn’t sold in a defined period of time. At … Continue reading
Posted in News | Leave a comment //So You Want To Build a Wine Cellar…
August 17, 2012I continue to receive numerous questions from people looking for advice on building a wine cellar, and whilst I can usually help to answer most peoples’ queries, I prefer to occasionally defer to the superior knowledge of my good friend … Continue reading
Posted in Facts, News | Tagged How to Build a Wine Cellar, Joseph & Curtis, Wine Cellar, wine cellar design | 2 Comments //Beware of the Dreaded Wine Meme!!!
August 14, 2012For those of you who aren’t “down with the kids,” a meme (according to Wikipedia) is: “an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.” In a nutshell, a meme [pronounced “meem”] is most commonly … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged meme, Wine meme | Leave a comment //Hitler Wine Leaves a Bad Taste.
August 12, 2012An investigation in Italy has been launched, after some idiot thought that putting an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on their wines was a good marketing idea. One of the bottles features “the man with the silly mustache” performing … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Hitler wine | Leave a comment //Charles Smith to Launch an All-Chardonnay Winery.
August 7, 2012Renegade Washington winemaker Mr. Charles Smith, has his sights set on Chardonnay and only Chardonnay, with his new winery project. The move represents a change of pace for Charles, as his usual focus is towards making top-level Syrah. The once … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Charles Smith wines | Leave a comment //Wasps: They Don’t Just Indiscriminately Sting People, They Can Also Make Wine!
August 6, 2012The next time you’re popping the cork on a bottle of vino, you might want to spare a thought for the humble hornet/wasp! That’s because Duccio Cavalieri, a professor of microbiology at the University of Florence in Italy, claims hornets … Continue reading
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