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Category Archives: alcohol level
Pulling back just a touch – take two
The LA Times story about Adam Tolmach, from Ojai Vineyards, saying that he would reduce the alcohol content in his wines to move away from the world of Parkerized wines, which I had mentioned in my previous post, has been gathering a fair bit of steam. The original story was picked up by many on [...]
Also posted in California, producers, winemaking Tagged Adam Tolmach, balance, Burghound, California, Decanter, Eric Asimov, High alcohol, Robert Parker, Telegraph Leave a comment
Pulling back just a touch
Are California wines over the top?. That’s the title of an interesting article published earlier this week in the Los Angeles Times, which I picked up on through the web site of A Donkey and Goat Winery. (Reading it requires a free registration)
The answer to the question? Yes, quite obviously. And it’s not me saying [...]
Also posted in California, United States, wine, winemaking Tagged Adam Tolmach, alcohol levels, California, Donkey And Goat Winery, Elyse Vineyard, Los Angeles Times, Matassa, Ojai vineyard, Ray Coursen, Tom Lubbe 1 Comment
How much alc./vol. is too much alc./vol.?
With better viticultural techniques and riper fruit comes, in an almost inescapable logic, wines with higher alcohol content. With big New World syrahs, grenaches and zinfandels reaching towards 16% alcohol by volume, and chardonnays and viogniers going for broke at 15%, a question almost inescapably comes to mind: how much is too much?
My definite, absolute [...]
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Wine Blogging Wednesday 55: North vs South, just across the Loire