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Label Info.
This took a little longer to finish than I expected; as what worked in firefox didn’t always work with internet explorer. Anyway here is a semi-interactive explanantion of the info you will find on a bottle-label. Cheers
New appellation info page
One page but four grand cru appellations; Clos de Tart, Clos de la Roche, Clos des Lambrays and Clos St.Denis Cheers
a reading backlog
Heading for the Côtes for a couple of days next week but there’s not much additional on the site this month – it must be that hot weather holiday feeling – however, I have had chance to catch up on a little reading, specifically a collection of older books on wine. It’s fascinating to see the same discussions about new vs old-style winemaking and the lottery of finding good bottles – where have I heard that before? – but it’s interesting to read it from the perspective of people writing in the 1920′s-1960′s. The style of prose may have changed, but little else! I have a couple more books on the way, but the last two weeks have been filled with unfamiliar author’s names such [....]
Melatonin: a grape excuse to hit the bottle
Back from a short break. Gratified to see that the site made a new record last week when the summer issue was launched: 743 unique IP addresses in one day – wow – that’s 200 up on the last record! Just in case you need more excuse to drink here’s an article I picked up last week from Chemistry in Industry: Melatonin: a grape excuse to hit the bottle by Marina Murphy There is now yet another reason to drink more wine. Scientists in Italy say they have discovered that grape varieties used to make some of the most popular red wines contain melatonin, the ‘sleep hormone’ previously thought to be produced only by mammals. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxy-tryptamine) is produced in the pineal gland, a pea-like [....]
