Sheer Deliciousness

Sheer Deliciousness

by | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, Wine Science

By Karen MacNeil I’m guilty (like just about everyone else I know), of drinking Beaujolais once a year. Right now in November, when stores all over announce Le Beaujolais Est Arrivé! (The Beaujolais Has Arrived!) What has arrived, to be exact, is the exploit...
Smoke Taint: What We Know

Smoke Taint: What We Know

by | Oct 26, 2017 | Featured, Wine Science

By Karen MacNeil October 24, 2017 N95 meant nothing to me three weeks ago. But then the menacing smoky wildfires ringing Napa and Sonoma began. By the third soupy gray day, I owned an N95 respirator mask. The local Home Depot had them floor stacked on pallets over an...
LESS BUZZ – IT’S FINALLY HERE

LESS BUZZ – IT’S FINALLY HERE

by | Dec 1, 2016 | Featured, Wine Science

The words “low-alcohol wine” make anyone who has ever tasted one, shudder. The wines are that bad.   But maybe not for very much longer.   As most wine drinkers know, the high alcohol levels of some wines have been a point of nagging controversy in the wine...

The name “Burgundy” comes from: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The medieval French word for a small village, similar to the Old English “burg” 

B. A nomadic German tribe which once settled in the area

C. The Latin word Burgarius which was the name for a Roman province that once extended over most of central France

D. The name for early French rural governing bodies which were made up of noble councilmen who were known as Burrs

“The wine one drinks from one’s glass depends on a vast number of thingsThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.