Comments for WineScholarship.com - learn about winemaking, vinification, grape varieties, wine regions, and more. http://winescholarship.com Your Free Pass to the World of Wine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Chaptalization by white grapes http://winescholarship.com/2008/02/07/chaptalization/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 white grapes Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:23:13 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/2008/02/07/chaptalization/#comment-1071 [...] are whites. The white varietals such as Cayuga White, Chardonnel and Vignoles normally begin to ...WineScholarship.com - learn about winemaking, vinification ...Sometimes when grapes are grown in cooler climates, the sugar level in the grapes will not be high [...] [...] are whites. The white varietals such as Cayuga White, Chardonnel and Vignoles normally begin to …WineScholarship.com - learn about winemaking, vinification …Sometimes when grapes are grown in cooler climates, the sugar level in the grapes will not be high [...]

]]> Comment on Bordeaux Areas by garonne river http://winescholarship.com/2008/03/11/bordeaux-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 garonne river Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:06:07 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/2008/03/11/bordeaux-areas/#comment-1070 [...] de Thau on the Mediterranean. CTMV's first voyage from Bordeaux to Dublin is already in transit, ...WineScholarship.com - learn about winemaking, vinification ...These grapes will always be botrityzed, which occurs as a result of the mists coming off the nearby [...] [...] de Thau on the Mediterranean. CTMV’s first voyage from Bordeaux to Dublin is already in transit, …WineScholarship.com - learn about winemaking, vinification …These grapes will always be botrityzed, which occurs as a result of the mists coming off the nearby [...]

]]> Comment on Special Grand Opening Rare Treasure Wine Sale by napa red wine http://winescholarship.com/2008/11/26/special-grand-opening-rare-treasure-wine-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-665 napa red wine Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:55:28 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=203#comment-665 Wow! What a way to celebrate. Cheers. Wow! What a way to celebrate. Cheers.

]]> Comment on The Méthode Champenoise by Chris Kelly http://winescholarship.com/2008/09/16/the-methode-champenoise/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Chris Kelly Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:06:24 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=146#comment-340 I forgot to mention you need 16 grams of Sugar to add to the wine before securing the Tirage Cap. I forgot to mention you need 16 grams of Sugar to add to the wine before securing the Tirage Cap.

]]> Comment on The Méthode Champenoise by Chris Kelly http://winescholarship.com/2008/09/16/the-methode-champenoise/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Chris Kelly Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:50:10 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=146#comment-339 Recipe for Bottle fermentation: Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon wine yeast into 50mls of tepid water and 1 teaspoon sugar.After 15 minutes fermentation is evident. Add to 700mls of wine with no more than 12%Alc/Vol. Secure with a Tirage Cap.Shake and quarter turn bottle one a week for at least 9 months. To discorge chill the bottle for about 3-4 hours bottom up in a wine cooler.Make a mixture of 3parts salt to 10 parts shaved ice. Stand the top in the mixture for 7 minutes then Wham! Release the cap. Top -up with some good quality wine. Have fun. I learnt this at Ay Champagne. Recipe for Bottle fermentation:
Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon wine yeast into 50mls of tepid water and 1 teaspoon sugar.After 15 minutes fermentation is evident. Add to 700mls of wine with no more than 12%Alc/Vol.
Secure with a Tirage Cap.Shake and quarter turn bottle one a week for at least 9 months.
To discorge chill the bottle for about 3-4 hours bottom up in a wine cooler.Make a mixture of 3parts salt to 10 parts shaved ice. Stand the top in the mixture for 7 minutes then Wham! Release the cap. Top -up with some good quality wine. Have fun.
I learnt this at Ay Champagne.

]]> Comment on What is this website for? by Bloggers=Anarchist Wineophiles « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour http://winescholarship.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Bloggers=Anarchist Wineophiles « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:19:21 +0000 #comment-328 [...] journalists online and adhere to the same ethics as traditional print/TV journalists, and some bloggers are “*other*” as 1WineDude [...] [...] journalists online and adhere to the same ethics as traditional print/TV journalists, and some bloggers are “*other*” as 1WineDude [...]

]]> Comment on Live Wine Blogging session at WBC by Final Thoughts on WBC 2008 | Caveman Wines http://winescholarship.com/2008/10/24/live-wine-blogging-session-at-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Final Thoughts on WBC 2008 | Caveman Wines Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:38:47 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=175#comment-231 [...] Wine Scholarship http://winescholarship.com/2008/10/24/live-wine-blogging-session-at-wbc/ [...] [...] Wine Scholarship http://winescholarship.com/2008/10/24/live-wine-blogging-session-at-wbc/ [...]

]]> Comment on Live Wine Blogging session at WBC by ngorevic http://winescholarship.com/2008/10/24/live-wine-blogging-session-at-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-230 ngorevic Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:10:11 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=175#comment-230 It was indeed crazy. My fingers hurt a lot after it was over. Fortunately I'm a pretty good typist! It was indeed crazy. My fingers hurt a lot after it was over. Fortunately I’m a pretty good typist!

]]> Comment on Live Wine Blogging session at WBC by art predator http://winescholarship.com/2008/10/24/live-wine-blogging-session-at-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-228 art predator Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:22:49 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/?p=175#comment-228 thanks for the blow by blow--I can almost smell everyone's wine breath. Sounds like it was a crazy 45 minutes--I'm really impressed by the thoroughness of your notes! just wish I could have been there... thanks for the blow by blow–I can almost smell everyone’s wine breath. Sounds like it was a crazy 45 minutes–I’m really impressed by the thoroughness of your notes! just wish I could have been there…

]]> Comment on Book Review: Wine and War by Dr. Horowitz http://winescholarship.com/2008/05/08/book-review-wine-and-war/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Dr. Horowitz Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:25:39 +0000 http://winescholarship.com/2008/05/08/book-review-wine-and-war/#comment-227 This book is $1.99 on half.com! Why is http://product.half.ebay.com/War-Wine-and-Taxes_W0QQprZ57171691QQtgZinfo $30 on half.com? Is it 15 times better? This book is $1.99 on half.com!

Why is http://product.half.ebay.com/War-Wine-and-Taxes_W0QQprZ57171691QQtgZinfo $30 on half.com? Is it 15 times better?

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