Back when I was a cub reporter for my hometown newspaper, covering high school baseball and football on the weekends, I knew that I was a “Figure Filbert.” That’s the nickname that was given to Ernest Lanigan, a reporter of…
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Fascinating Winery Facts from Wines Vines Analytics
Tagged with: American wine, California wine, Oregon, Washington, wine facts, wine trivia, winemaking, wineries
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How Did You Do in Our ‘Wine Numbers’ Quiz?
On Tuesday, we presented a numbers-focused wine quiz. In case you missed it, here’s how it worked: I assigned each number below a letter. Below that, I assigned each answer a number. Your job was to match up the letters…
How Much Do You Know About Wine Numbers?
The world of wine is brimming with numbers — sun days in the vineyard, tons on grape scales, milliliters in bottles, and on and on. It’s enough to drive a math-challenged person like your beloved wine blogger nuts. In the…
Tagged with: Australia, California, Napa, numbers, Oregon, quiz, V. Sattui, Willamette Valley, wineries
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Exploring the ‘Gold Rush’ Wineries of Apple Hill
The Gravenstein, Jonathon and Gala apples are in. As October begins, Golden Delicious, McIntosh and Paula Reds are reaching full ripeness. As the days start to get cooler, Mutsu, Empire and Red Gold apples will be picked. And as November…
Tagged with: Apple Hill, Apple Hill Growers Association, apples, California, Camino, Dick Bethell, farming, Gene Bolster, harvest, October, travel, wineries
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