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May 26, 2005

If You Think That's Bad, Wait Till You Hear What They're Doing With Loaves and Fishes

[A Fool in the Forest] Not every winemaker in California wants to receive those hyper-ripe, alcohol-engendering grapes.   Some -- Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat is a leading example -- make it an article of faith that grapes can be fully "ripe" for winemaking purposes without excessive sugar levels, and work hard to produce wines of charm and longevity at and below the 13% level without post-harvest tinkering.  Huge producers may insist that their growers provide those longer hang times, with the result that the average alcohol level in the mass market is likely to remain high for the near future -- perhaps until the Great Consumer Rebellion of 2007 foreseen by Tom -- but there is still opportunity for small and mid-size wineries, particularly those that grow their own grapes, to buck the trend.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

Ojingo.beerdrinker.org[Ojingo.beerdrinker.org] Ojingo Blog: While we are waiting for the ambulance to arrive he asked me if I’ve got any water. So I open up the back of my car to pull out my gallon jug of water that I carry when travelling and as he takes it he thows his blood soaked paper towels in the back of my car on top of clothes that I have piled there. At that point I said, “Hey thanks a lot” while the message I was trying to convey was, “Hey asshole- no problem that all of us stopped to help your sorry drunken ass. Just hold onto your bloody towels and don’t throw them in my car.” He kinda killed the sympathy vote at that point.

[Declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com] A Fool in the Forest: May 9, 2005 - May 15, 2005: Not every winemaker in California wants to receive those hyper-ripe, alcohol-engendering grapes.   Some -- Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat is a leading example -- make it an article of faith that grapes can be fully "ripe" for winemaking purposes without excessive sugar levels, and work hard to produce wines of charm and longevity at and below the 13% level without post-harvest tinkering.  Huge producers may insist that their growers provide those longer hang times, with the result that the average alcohol level in the mass market is likely to remain high for the near future -- perhaps until the Great Consumer Rebellion of 2007 foreseen by Tom -- but there is still opportunity for small and mid-size wineries, particularly those that grow their own grapes, to buck the trend.

Section12.comhttp://www.section12.com [Section12.com] my s12 weblog: Hee. Got some very sweet purple grapes and some other fruits, then giant peanut butter/brownie cookies that I made (All Proud) for dessert. He seemed very happy and relaxed and after we ate, I sat with his head in my lap, (he never wants to do that!) and we just watched the ocean and the kites, and the few people crazy enough to go in the water.

Professorbainbridge.com[Professorbainbridge.com] ProfessorBainbridge.com: Kleiman and Buck on Gingrich's Gettysburg: ... Stuart Buck defends Gingrich on various grounds. As far as I can tell, ... the forces of a rebellion mounted in defense of slavery," as Kleiman claims. ...

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Posted at May 26, 2005 11:55 AM

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