The cooperage in Burgundy that has helped shape the Upper Reach style for almost 30 years. We’ve been using Mercurey barrels for almost 30 years. We know what they do for our wines, but until recently, we’d never had the chance to see where those barrels actually begin their lives. Thirty years is a long…
Today I’m doing fining trials on a white wine. Fining is when look at each wine and decide if we need to soften it, by removing any excess tannin or bitter hints.I can also remove any proteins that could make the wine hazy. This is why I always do a fining trial for each wine….
Five Top Wine Tasting Tips Let’s face it, we can find walking into a winery for wine tasting a little daunting. I sometimes feel the same, and I work in a winery! Tip number 1: Tasting notes The winery will usually put the wine tasting list in “tasting order”- from top to bottom. Driest…