May 2, 2011
The oenology program that I’m attending in Toulouse recently took our class to the INRA wine research center that is located on the Mediterranean coast near Montpellier. INRA (the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) is the largest academic agronomic research center in Europe. Besides being a repository of over 30 different grape varieties, [...]
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April 9, 2011
We’re all products of our life experiences. Good or bad, memorable or quickly forgotten, every experience affects your life in some way. I recently had the opportunity to participate in a wine-tasting experience that has expanded and altered my view of wine—well, at least the upper echelon of French wine. It wasn’t really a “Eureka” [...]
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