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Ancient Wine Grapes in France: New Evidence

April 4, 2018 rchimsky 16,225d Comments

A recent genetic study has provided more evidence around ancient wine grapes in France.  The analysis was conducted by Jazmon…

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Posted in: Living Among Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: ancient wine, French wine, grape DNA, grape history, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Vineyards: Running out of land in Napa

rchimsky 13,658d Comments

A recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle discussed the dwindling amount of available land in Napa that can be…

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Posted in: Living Among Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: California wine, Napa, sonoma wine, wine grapes, wine history, wine prices

Part Four:  Malbec Hits the Road

rchimsky 11,828d Comments

Perhaps it is only appropriate that the Malbec grape that a Hungarian immigrant spread, legend recounts, throughout France would itself…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: Argentina wine, bordeaux, Chile wine, grape history, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Part Three: Malbec in Early France

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The town of Cahors in southwestern France for many centuries was synonymous with wine made from the Malbec grape, or…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: bordeaux, French wine, grape history, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Malbec Part Two: Parentage and Heritage

March 18, 2018 rchimsky 7,214d Comments

In the prior post we talked about the various theories on how Malbec got its name. There was also a…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: argentine wine, French wine, grape history, grapes, malbec, wine, wine grapes, wine history

Malbec Part One: What’s In A Name

March 15, 2018 rchimsky 11,262d Comments

Conjecture and myth making cloud the history of many wine grapes, but the origins and travels of Malbec may be…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: argentina, bordeaux, chile, france, grape, grape history, malbec, wine, wine history

Seeds of the Past: Study on ancient French Wine

March 8, 2018 rchimsky 7,250d Comments

A recent genetic study has provided more evidence around ancient wine grapes in France. The analysis was conducted by Jazmon…

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Posted in: Living Among Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: French wine, grape DNA, grape history, grape seeds, grapes, savagnin, wine, wine grape genetics, wine history

Wine and Early America: Penn Pals

March 4, 2018 rchimsky 4,384d Comments

In March of 1681 William Penn made an offer to King Charles II of England.   Penn was an ardent Quaker…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes, Wine Grapes Filed under: american native wine grapes, early American wine, grape history, grapes, Pennsylvania, wine, wine history

A Book About Grapes: The Adventure Begins

February 26, 2018 rchimsky 10,387d Comments

Over three years ago I had the inspired idea to write a book. I became fascinated with the study of…

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Posted in: Life of a Grape Book Filed under: book, grapes, history, life of grapes, wine

Erin Go Wine

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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at an Irish Bar fueled by copious amounts of beer is commonplace today. What most people…

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Posted in: Life of Grapes Filed under: grape history, grapes, irish, st. patrick, wine

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