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This has been a fascinating report of your trip to Chile, Ned. It helps take my mind off the gloomy news.
Commented Mar 24, 2020 on How Hard is Wine Making in Chile? at Wines; Tasted!
How Hard is Wine Making in Chile?
Saturday afternoon I went with part of Roberto's crew over to Santa Juana to harvest some plums and to move water in the vineyard. I had no idea what that meant but I jumped at the chance to spend some time getting to know the group of young guys working for Roberto. It was about a 45 minute ...
" He doesn't want his wines to be thought of as Natural Wines because he doesn't want to be a part of a "movement", also because he feels that the natural wine movement is too excepting of flawed wines and that some "Natural" wines don't actually express terroir. "
Now there's a winemaker whose attitude I like! I'm going to look for his wines.
Commented Nov 16, 2019 on Visit to Lamoresca in Sicily at Wines; Tasted!
Visit to Lamoresca in Sicily
On my second day in Sicily I left Etna and headed south in the general direction of Gela on the south coast. It was rural rolling farm country interspersed with just empty sharp rocky ridges. I found Lamoresca without much trouble though. Lamoresca is nearly an houra and a half south but you...
Fantastic photos all around, but the most fascinating of all are the photos of the Greek and Phoenician artifacts.
Commented Nov 13, 2019 on Revisit to Etna at Wines; Tasted!
Revisit to Etna
My solo running trip to Etna 3 and a half years ago to Etna was a life changing experience. It was incredible but it was also over whelming so I've wanted to go back and see Etna again. I've also seen a lot of new wines and producers come out of Etna since then, so it really felt important to ...
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