by Jeff Miller of Artisan Family of Wines (Seven Artisans, Sly Dog Cellars, Red Côte)
Every Wednesday I post my recommendations of the best of last week’s postings concerning wine, whether blogs or news. I list them in the order I read them, so you shouldn’t infer anything about the order in which I list these posts.
“Intriguing blemishes” a factor in good wine?
Steve Heimoff
http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2012/12/27/intriguing-blemishes-a-factor-in-good-wine/
This post highlights how subjective wine appreciation is. Things like balance, though important to a wine, don’t on their own make a wine great. But what does? It’s really hard to say.
So, You Want to Live in California Wine Country
Fermentation
http://fermentationwineblog.com/2012/12/so-you-want-to-live-in-california-wine-country/
This post isn’t really about wine per se, but about real estate costs in various wine regions. It highlights the fact that wine country real estate, like the wines themselves, vary a lot in price based upon location.
For keeping up to date with what’s going on the in wine world, the best all around source is http://winebusiness.com.
