Better drinking through self-fermentation!

• The WinePodder – Eric Porres

This is an interesting way to describe wine… in pictures rather than words.

• Chateau Petrogasm

I wonder if this will steer people away from overly “earthy” wines….

• Heavy Metals Found in Wine (WebMD)

Oct. 29, 2008 — Red and white wines from most European nations carry potentially dangerous doses of at least seven heavy metals, U.K. researchers find.

A single glass of even the most contaminated wine isn’t poisonous. But drinking just one glass of wine a day — a common habit in Europe and the Americas — might be very hazardous indeed, calculate biomolecular scientist Declan P. Naughton, PhD, and Andrea Petroczi of Kingston University, London.

Didier Dagueneau, a legend in the Loire valley, was killed in a plane crash last week.  He’s one of those legends of the wine business whose name is synonymous with authenticity and clarity of purpose.  I hope that his legend lives on through his grapes.  Links:

• NYTimes
• Decanter profile

A good deep dive on the problem:

Wine Lovers See Red Over State Laws That Restrict Home Delivery of Bottles