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Acidity in Wine If you remember from back when we talked about why some wines age like George Clooney, and others not so much, acidity is one of the 5 components that make up a wine's structure. Think of structure as the foundation or backbone of the wine. Without solid foundation, nothing can be great. I like to think of the structure as the building itself, and then the aromas and flavors as the furniture and decor.  The 5 components of structure are: Fruit: red fruit, black fruit, exotic/tropical fruit, etc.   Sugar Acidity Alcohol Tannin When these 5 things are balanced in perfect harmony, we're...

Check out our Insta!   Old Vines You often see "Old Vines" touted on labels yet many producers don't actually say how old these vines truly are. Just like "natural wine," there is no legal definition. Man, they sure do make it approachable to be a wine consumer. And you wonder why spiked seltzer sales are booming.     Australia has many of the world's oldest vines. Out of frustration for the lack of transparency, a group of winemakers in Australia joined forces to create the Barossa Old Vine Charter in 2009. Their "definitions" are decently agreed upon amongst the global wine community: old...

Skin-contact, maceration, and the outcome it has on wine.

So there's 7.7 billion mouths to feed. Not an easy task. The current way doesn't have a future. Literally. Obviously herbicides, pesticides, and other chemical treatments need to go. But what else needs to change? Regenerative Agriculture is actually pretty self-explanatory. It reverses climate change by regenerating organic matter in soil (humus) and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon emission decreases and improving the water cycle. So you're not merely sustaining the land, you're improving it. Regenerative Agriculture is more than just a farming method, it is holistic land management system that utilizes photosynthesis in plants to...