Oct 28th 2015
A Visit to the World's Oldest Known Winery - Areni, Armenia
The cave complex at Areni, Armenia houses the world's oldest known winery.
ARENI, ARMENIA. As caves go it isn't the sort to attract attention. There are no souvenir shops on the approach and no drama
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Oct 9th 2015
A Brief History of Wine
Early neolithic jars from Jiahu Province, China c. 7000 - 6600 BCE. Credit: University of Pennsylvania Museum
There’s something out there called the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory. It’s run by t
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May 26th 2015
The ABC of Biodynamics
Turning biodynamically-treated compost at Granton Vineyard in Tasmania. Credit: Mark Smith.
There are a just handful of really hot topics in the world of wine right now and one of them concerns an ap
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May 14th 2015
How Many Kinds of Wine Are There, Anyway?
“What kind of wine is this?” is a question heard frequently in the Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge wine corner. Wine is categorized and merchandised so many different ways today that it's not surprising
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Apr 9th 2015
Vieilles Vignes: Do Old Vines Make Better Wine?
Gnarly 90 year-old grenache vines in the Languedoc
Vieilles vignes is a phrase you frequently see on French wine labels. These are somewhat mysterious words since, though it’s obvious they refer to vi
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