oak barrels Archives | Palate Press

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Palate Press has selected our top ten stories from 2012 and will publish a 2012 Redux article each weekday until January 4, 2013. These stories highlight our featured columnists, widely recognized contributors, and most popular works published through the year. The Palate Press editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look Read More

Embracing the Chaos: The Science of Sour Beers

Tom Mansell

Features

10 min read

Sour beers, with their bright acidity and vinous, funky qualities, start to bridge the gap between beer and wine. It took a trip to the Great American Beer Festival and several brewery visits (just to be sure…) for me to get a grasp on the movement that presents beer, tarted Read More

Susanna’s Girls: A Family Story of Sorts from Montepulciano

Elisabetta Tosi

Features Wine Spotlight

3 min read

"These are my girls," smiles Susanna, stroking the belly of one of them with great kindness and affection. “She” replies with a quick, happy gurgle. Susanna Crociani. Photo: Max Cocchetti Susanna's Girls live all together, in a not-very-large room; on tiptoe, a feeble beam of light slips inside, careful not to Read More

Putting Your Best Oak Forward: Diversity in the World of Barrels

Remy Charest

Features

7 min read

If you've never put your nose inside a few well-wrought barrels, it may be hard to understand just how excited winemakers can become about oak - and also, just how varied the contribution of oak to the profile of a wine can be. The range of smells, the different characters Read More

Vino 2011: To Oak or Not To Oak

Fredric Koeppel

Features

6 min read

There’s a reason that the Italian Trade Commission has held an annual wine fair in New York since 2009. Imports of Italian wines to these shores have increased enough that in 2010 Italy surpassed France to reach a market share-read more- Read More

A Once in a Lifetime Visit Behind Closed Gates at Bodegas Vega Sicilia

Kyle Schlachter

Features Wine Spotlight

6 min read

Passing through a guarded gate, my wife and I, on an anniversary trip to Spain, entered the bucolic 1000-hectare estate of the storied Vega Sicilia. This Bordeaux-style winery, founded in 1864, originally was a small village inhabited by the wineries’-read more- Read More

2012 Redux: Embracing the Chaos, The Science of Sour Beers

Embracing the Chaos: The Science of Sour Beers

Susanna’s Girls: A Family Story of Sorts from Montepulciano

Putting Your Best Oak Forward: Diversity in the World of Barrels

Vino 2011: To Oak or Not To Oak

A Once in a Lifetime Visit Behind Closed Gates at Bodegas Vega Sicilia

2018 Notturno Drei Donà Romagna DOC Predappio Sangiovese

2019 Jordan Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

2018 Ghost of a Chance Wines “Gangster of Love” Red, Sierra Foothills

2020 One Flock Sauvignon Blanc

2020 One Flock Red Wine, California