Discount for OWJ Readers. – Use promo code “Organic” and get 15% off. Adam Morganstern, editor of the Organic Wine Journal, will be teaching a class on organic and biodynamic wines as Astor Wines & Spirits in New York City on Monday, Januray 12th. Follow this link to get your tickets. Class description below. Organic, [...]
Continue reading...By Frank Cisneros - Dec 18, 2008
Sparkling wine has an illustrious history of livening up celebrations. In 1876 the Tsar of Russia commissioned the now ubiquitous Crystal to make a distinguished sparkler that would impress his court, and Napoleon’s armies famously opened their bottles of bubbly with their sabers, a practice that continues to this day (though as this video attests, [...]
Continue reading...By Nicki Sizemore - Dec 17, 2008
This vibrant and light winter salad provides a welcome contrast to the rich fare of the season. Thinly shaved fennel and glistening orange segments are tangled together with winter greens, toasted hazelnuts and crumbled feta for a crunchy and refreshing beginning to any holiday meal. Serve it with a glass of Prosecco and let the [...]
Continue reading...By Jonathan Russo - Dec 12, 2008
Was the glass of organic and biodynamic wine in 2008 half full or half empty? From our seat at OWJ it seems a little murky; like an unfined, unfiltered red Rhone. Industry statistics point to an increase in sales of around 30% for the organic category against a backdrop of 3% for all wine. However, [...]
Continue reading...By Adam Morganstern - Dec 11, 2008
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has started their own FBI-style most wanted list. What does it take to make this gang of crimnals? Denis L. Feron installed a secret pipe behind his factory that discharged pollutants into a tributary of the Mississippi River. Authorities beleive he is hiding in Belgium, but if you see him [...]
Continue reading...By Tony Coturri - Dec 9, 2008
In the latest edition of Tom Stevenson’s book WINE REPORT 2009 published by DK Publishing, we have received a meaningful review. The WINE REPORT isn’t a typical rating publication like Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate or the Wine Spectator. It’s a book for savvy wine lovers. It’s a European standard. The trends in the wine world [...]
Continue reading...By Adam Morganstern - Dec 9, 2008
The 2009 Wine Report by Tom Stevenson is out. Monty Waldin reports on organic and biodynamic wines for this yearly publication and here are his top ten lists: Greatest Wine Producers 1. Domaine Leroy (burgundy, France) 2. Domaine Marcel Deiss (Alsace, France) 3. Domaine Zind Humbrecht (Alsace, France) 4. Ferme de la Sansonniere/Marc Angeli (Loire, [...]
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By Adam Morganstern - Dec 30, 2008
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