Botany is not a science; it’s the art to insult the flowers in Greek and Latin” Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
Hello fellows and friends,
One more day and I am ready to write about something that attracted my attention these last few days.
In my last journey to Toro I was able to taste a wine Peñamonte Colección Privada 2008, which is delicious and represents the good job done with the Tinta de Toro and a good quality wood in which the back label read; crianza twenty months with a 200% of new barrels, I said this was wrong but they replied to me as follows;
The label is correct, what it means is that for its elaboration we have used new barrels and after a period of time another new barrel, therefore the 200%.
The explanation can be right but I believe it is more confusing rather than clarifying. Also, under my point of view, I think it would have been more convenient to use the French oak barrel first since it has a bigger input of tannins and then the American oak one, and not the other way round.
I hope my friends you have a nice holiday and drive safely, we all have to return home safe and sound.
“Before a list of candidates it is happily thought that only one can be the chosen one” Noel Clarasó.
Hello friends and companions,
Here I am again after a few days of drought without writing since I have been busy with one of my hobbies, the triathlon and my family, of course.
I wanted to comment that a few days ago I assisted a round table about the oenologist work as a communicator.
My opinion is totally defined: social networks, blogs, youtube… are some weapons the oenologists should use to dignify our profession and not only stay in the winery or the vineyards. Be the describer of our wines since we are the only ones that best know about them.
With this I mean that we should take example of Fernan Adriá, Martin Berasategui, Juan Roca, Pedro Subijana, Juan Mari Arzak, and a long etcetera of known Spanisnh chefs that have left their kitchens to be ambassadors not only of their restaurants but also of the Spanish haute cuisine.Te recomendamos Partyflauta: Partituras para flauta dulce
If we had to mention known oenologists by the consumers I am afraid the list would be empty.
We will have to work a bit harder on this communication skill issue, but I am convinced that it will not only be for our personal benefit but also for our business and increase the consumption of wine.
Hoping that in a few years we the oenologists will be something more than just “ wine makers” but also good communicators.
Have a nice week.
“Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” William Shakespeare.
Hello friends and fellows,
Today’s post is about the new street furniture which is showing in our cities at bar entrances, in Spain.
As many of you are aware with the new anti- tobacco law ,smokers who wish to smoke have to do it in the streets, so what better than to fill the entrance to the bars with barrels, but they aren’t those old barrels , all the opposite the design and image is a window show for the wines.
Many barrel making companies are adapting to the new changes since many of their clients have requested not only new barrels but also their own or others second hand ones to add their name.
As I have been told a small bodega in Rioja Alavesa lost one of its clients because it didn’t want to deliver an ornamental barrel; therefore immediately sent to prepare 25 barrels with its brand to stop losing clients.
Anyway, we hope that the city halls will not start charging the bars because
of putting the barrels in the street, although I am afraid that due to their eagerness to collect tax they will end up charging for every barrel that is placed in the street.
An advantage of these barrels is that you already know which wine every bar has, since it is assumed that the wine will be of the displayed barrel although you never know.
Well dudes, I leave you now, till next time.
2011 August
Botany is not a science; it’s the art to insult the flowers in Greek and Latin” Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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2025-04-15
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