November 13, 2011
One of the requirements of my œnology studies in France is a three-month winemaking internship. I chose to do mine with Didier Barral, a Languedoc winemaker who I’ve written about several times before on this blog. With his cows roaming about in the vineyard, close to 50 pigs free-ranging nearby, and a beyond-biodynamic biodiversity philosophy, [...]
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October 31, 2011
Two-thirds into my three-month-long, French winemaking internship, and you might except a blog post about the ‘vinification du vin’ or ‘décuvage’ or some other aspect of making wine. That will be for a subsequent post, however, as I want to pay tribute here to a special friend. . A mid-October lunch in Italy’s Alto Adige [...]
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