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Story
The Allure of Cheap Wine
Why a $40 bottle is not better than a $10 bottle.
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Story
Burgundy, High and Low
Sure, the great ones are expensive. But you can find good, inexpensive bottles.
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Blog
When Roots Go Deep
Xavier Monnot’s family has been making wine for 11 generations.
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Board Topic
Gold Country Zin versus Russian River Zin
River Valley and the Sierra Foothills. So, too, are the soild and sub-soil types; the elevation, and the angle of exposure to the sun’s rays — indeed, everything about grape-growing is totally different between the...
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The state of crops for the market [moved from New England board]
anyone is interested: "NEW ENGLAND: Days suitable for field work: 6.4. Topsoil moisture: 4% short, 75% adequate, 21% surplus. Subsoil moisture: 76% adequate, 24% surplus. Pasture condition: 2% poor, 20% fair, 53% good, 25% excellent....
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Double Digging: Please tell me it's worth it
Well, you can do it, but you might as well just not. I have never double digged. Not that it would’ve worked for me, since after about a foot I have nothing but clay subsoil. I can tell you that regular, easy to do top...
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NYTimes article on terroir
“terroir” as the soil, but that doesn’t include the entire “sense of place.” If you combine the two, you get much closer to the real meaning of “terroir” — it is the soil and...
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