Archive for December, 2006

2002 San Simeon Chardonnay Monterey, CA

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Part of the Riboli Family Wine Estates, San Simeon wine comes from vineyards in both Monterey and Paso Robles. The winery employs sustainable farming techniques as well as traditional winemaking methods to deliver it’s final product.
Winemakers Anthony Riboli and Arnaud Debons barrel ferment, stir and age on the lees, and ferment each lot separately.
As […]

Bulk American Wineries Stoop To New Lows

Friday, December 15th, 2006

In and effort to maximize profits, a loophole in the law is allowing some American wine makers to blend up to 25% foreign juice into wine labeled ‘American’. The law does not allow the foreign wine to be blended if the wine is designated as Californian. Companies like The Wine Group, the third largest US […]

Overweight Mice Boost Wine Sales

Friday, December 8th, 2006

In the 4 weeks ending November 18th, wine sales surged after the announcement that overweight mice that were given resveratrol where able to run longer and outlive those who weren’t.
Red wines accounted for a record 52.4 percent of table wine dollar sales in food, drug and liquor stores as measured by ACNielsen in the […]

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