The following morning had us up early and out the door at 8:30. Our focus today was on the appellation of Margaux, so we piled into the van and headed south, approximately 25 minutes to our 9 a.m. appointment at Château Margaux. Rated as one of four first classed growths awarded in 1855, Château Margaux [...]
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Bordeaux 2010: Mumu visits Margaux
Posted in in the cellar, la route du vin - travel, tastings, tagged Bordeaux on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The finish line is in sight: Bottling mumu’s 2010 grenache
Posted in in the cellar, tagged harvest 2010, Wine 101, winemaking on April 24, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Behold the moment that you’ve all been waiting for! Well, at least what I have been waiting for. Last weekend I decided it was go time. Time to bottle my 13 gallons of 2010 Eagle Point Grenache wine and let the chips fall where they may. But before sealing the deal with a cork, there [...]
A Howell Mountain original: Dunn Vineyards
Posted in in the cellar, in the vineyard, la route du vin - travel, wine reviews, tagged cabernet sauvignon, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley on April 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When I first asked my colleague Mike Jordan, our domestic wine specialist at K&L, for advice regarding whom I should visit up on Howell Mountain, Dunn Vineyards were the first words out of MJs mouth. Along with Philip Togni across the way on Spring Mountain, MJ described Dunn as an “old school” family run winery [...]
Howell at the Mountain: A visit to O’Shaughnessy Winery
Posted in in the cellar, in the vineyard, tastings, varietals, vine, wine reviews, tagged Howell Mountain, Napa Valley on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Friday morning and a few minutes shy of 10 am. Susan and I have just made the beautiful drive on Napa Valley’s famed “road less traveled”, a.k.a. the Silverado trail. As we drive north past winery legends like Clos du Val, Stag’s Leap Winery, and Joseph Phelps, Susan reminds me that we need to [...]
Harvest 2010: Racking Wine
Posted in in the cellar, tagged harvest 2010, winemaking on January 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here is the latest news flash on my harvest 2010! When this picture was snapped, my grenache was 6 weeks into malolactic fermentation. As you might recall from an earlier post, I had conducted a paper chromatography test, which indicated that the process was only a little more than half way done. Well, it’s about [...]
mumu on the wine route: Sunny days at Tablas Creek Part II
Posted in in the cellar, la route du vin - travel, tastings, tagged Paso Robles, Rhone Valley on January 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After our tour of the Tablas Creek vineyards and nursery, it was time to taste some wine! Robert led us back to the Tablas Creek tasting room and past this beautiful olivier, lavender and herb garden directly outside the winery entrance. Our tasting would be comprised of a selection of wines, all of which were [...]
mumu on the wine route: Renaissance Vineyards Part II
Posted in in the cellar, la route du vin - travel, wine reviews, tagged Sierra Foothills, winemaking on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
After our tour of the vineyards and estate grounds, Svetlana and I headed over to Renaissance’s lakeside tasting room. As the winter light streamed in through the large windows, Svetlana began lining up the bottles. But before we get started, let me provide a bit of winemaking backstory. Current winemaker Gideon Beinstock has been involved with [...]
Harvest 2010: Malolactic Fermentation & Paper Chromatography
Posted in in the cellar, tagged harvest 2010, winemaking on November 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After 3 weeks into Malo (MLF), I decided to check in on my wine in order to see how the conversion of malic to lactic acid was progressing. Question: How exactly do winemakers do this? Answer: Paper Chromatography. As the process applies to winemaking and testing for MLF, paper chromatography is pretty strait forward. I [...]
Harvest 2010: Malolactic Fermentation
Posted in in the cellar, tagged harvest 2010, Wine 101, winemaking on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On the winemaking front, things have been pretty quite as of late. My 200 lbs of Eaglepoint Ranch grenache has been destemmed, crushed, fermented, pressed and is presently undergoing malolactic fermentation or “ML”. This is an important part of the red (and sometimes white) winemaking process. What exactly is Malolactic Fermentation? ML or Malo is the [...]
Press Action: Harvest 2010
Posted in in the cellar, tagged harvest 2010, winemaking on November 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As I write this post, my new wine is safe and sound, tucked away at the end of my hallway undergoing malolactic fermentation or ML. For the next several weeks, I will be monitoring this important phase of the winemaking process, however alot of the more visually compelling winemaking events will have to take a back seat for [...]
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