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Comment on Organic Wines Are Great As Long As You Don’t Tell Anyone They’re Organic by Adam Morganstern

Adam Morganstern — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:56 +0000

I think you’re one of the sites that will make that change unnecessary.

Comment on Organic Wines Are Great As Long As You Don’t Tell Anyone They’re Organic by Brent Harrison

Brent Harrison — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:52 +0000

Adam:

Maybe we should go back into the cellar and change our name from Organic Wine Review to “Wine Review” . . nah!

Cheers,
Brent

Comment on What Is Organic Wine? by Napa Valley Wine Tours

Napa Valley Wine Tours — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:23 +0000

Great clarification on the true meaning of “organic wine” as per the government standards. Sulfites, Biodynamics, and sustainability are all important elements in this notion of organic wine. Thanks for the knowledge. I’m really looking forward to see what organic wine’s are released in the upcoming years, I feel like the wine industry is way behind in this idea. Organic food has really gained popularity… just in the last 5 years. Let’s see how the wine industry responds to this demand.

Cheers

Comment on St. Francis Winery: At The Organic Crossroads by Ben Simons

Ben Simons — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:40:44 +0000

Great post! I’m a big fan of wineries who are trying to do things the right way. It’s great to point out that this isn’t always a quick fix, because most things that are really worth doing aren’t. I admire the efforts that are being made to make good quality wines in a sustainable way.

Comment on M. Chapoutier Belleruche by Petrus

Petrus — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:19:46 +0000

Which vintage Greg?

Comment on 101 Recipes For Making Wild Wine At Home – John Peragine by John Peragine

John Peragine — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:20:31 +0000

Thanks so much for your kind review!

Comment on 2009 – Thanks From The Organic Wine Journal by Fabius

Fabius — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:25:54 +0000

What a post! I raise my glass back to you, sir, filled to overflowing with real, natural, genuine, healthful wine!!

Comment on Quinta de Covela Escolha, Portugal 2005 by Vermont Wine Media » Douro White - Quinta de Covela Eschola Branco 2005

Vermont Wine Media » Douro White - Quinta de Covela Eschola Branco 2005 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:33:53 +0000

[...] With a couple of days of meeting in Naples slated for this week, it made sense to come down a couple of days early to spend the weekend with my grand parents. It’s very fortunate for someone my age to still have folks like this in my life, and I do my best to see them when ever I can. Tonight Gram was making a szechuan stir fry, and so while out on errands, I stopped by the local ABC looking for something to go with it…mind you Pop is a very frugal guy, and so I have to be careful what I spend, and it had to be reasonable. I perused the sauvingon blanc from Chile and N.Z., some Gruner Vetliners and Gerwurtztraminers from Alsace and Germany, a couple of Ruedas, but nothing was grabbing me…so I went looking for some Vinho Verde form Portugal, always a good deal and usually quite refreshing…still nothing, and then just as I was about to commit to a Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa, I swung back to Potugal and found the Covela coming in at $14…it sounded interesting… Avesso, Chardonnay, and “other” grapes. It turned out to be a perfect match. A bit spicy in it own right, with a seductive mid palate, and mild acids in the finish…more floral in the mouth than on the nose, this was a pleasant white discovery, from an area ( Douro) that we have grown fond of for the rich and value oriented reds that it produces form grapes originally destined for Port. Two minutes after a sip, I still have remnants creeping around my lips…pretty darn impressive fro the price and a 2005 bottling. nice little post about the wine here…. [...]

Comment on “Organic Bubbly” Specials at Organic Wine Company by Sondra Barrett

Sondra Barrett — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:57:35 +0000

I had the great good fortune to taste the frissante which was wonderful. And I’m not a fan of bubbly.

Comment on Everything You Wanted To Know About Sulfites (But Were Afraid To Ask) by Kathleen L. Turner

Kathleen L. Turner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:58:11 +0000

From the article at this URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566939/

The occurrence of inflammatory processes and of cancer in the human respiratory tract is intimately associated. One of the major factors in this is probably the recruitment of and stimulated activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PML) in conjunction with the ability of these cells to convert various carcinogens to their ultimate active metabolites. In this study, we demonstrate that nitrite and sulfite, the major dissolution products of the environmental pollutants nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide in water enhance the metabolic activation of trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BP-7,8-dihydrodiol), the proximal carcinogen of benzo[a]pyrene, to trans-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE) and tetraols, the corresponding hydrolysis products, in human PML prestimulated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate