Maureen Macdonald
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Managing High-Protein Hybrids - WineMakerMag.com (opens the original)
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Hybrid grape varieties have given viticultural opportunities to a large population of the world who do not have the proper climate to grow traditional vinifera grapes. With the proliferation of hybrid grapes and popularity surging amongst local winery tasting rooms, a criticism often heard regarding red hybrid grape varieties is that they create a wine with a low perception of tannins and thin mouthfeel. While many producers just chalk it up to hybrid grapes developing lower concentrations of ta
Chenin Blanc: A Chameleon Grape for Any Taste - WineMakerMag.com (opens the original)
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Very few grapes in the world have as much versatility and possibility of style than Chenin Blanc. Often associated with traditional French or modern South African winemaking, Chenin Blanc is now on a world tour and popping up everywhere from racy, acidic sparkling wines, to rich, complex dessert wines with incredible aging capacity, and everything in between. Originating in the Loire Valley of France, Chenin Blanc was often mistaken for other varieties, and its genetic background was not fully u
Petit Verdot: Bordeaux's Color Adjustor - WineMakerMag.com (opens the original)
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I’ll never forget the first time I crossed paths with Petit Verdot. I was in my mid-twenties and visited New York’s Long Island wine country. At this point in my fledgling career, I was very interested in biodynamic growing applications in colder growing regions. Amidst the flat stretches of turf farms and potatoes, an organic and biodynamic vineyard quietly lay before me with a modest, charming, repurposed barn open for tastings. As I waited patiently inside of the Shinn Estate tasting room (no
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