Category Archives: organic wine

When wine turns green

By winecase | Published: November 25, 2007
There’s a lot of talk, these days, about wine and the environment. Conferences about climate change and its effects on winegrowing and winemaking. People who calculate the carbon footprint of a particular wine bottle, and aim for carbon-zero wine production. Decanter’s November issue is largely devoted to a report asking “Is wine bad for the [...]
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Bio-in-a-box

By winecase | Published: July 28, 2007
 When I was in Sweden, earlier this summer, I tasted a very pleasant Primitivo that my brother-in-law Niklas served from a three-liter bag-in-a-box. We drank the box over three or four days, and the wine, of course, stayed fresh throughout that period of time. Logically enough, since oxidation was essentially avoided. Systembolaget, the Swedish wine and [...]
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In praise of Pineau d'Aunis

By winecase | Published: July 26, 2007
There really are some amazing, virtually unknown varietals out there. Take Pineau d’Aunis, for instance. I’ve had a chance to taste this rare varietal (a little over 400 hectares cultivated, only in the Loire region) three times over the last few months, at Pullman, in Montreal, and at L’Utopie, in Quebec City. In both places, the [...]
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