If anyone read the editorial in Wine Spec. this month about there no longer being an Old or New World anymore, I’d have to say I appreciate that thinking.

I truly enjoy the wines of France and California for their own unique perspectives and sense of place.

In my own enology training I learned to not fall into empirical winemaking practices but make wine from small lots and keep them separate until blending occurs, developing the flavors and uniqueness of each vineyard plot before blending.

This might mean putting some of the wine on Viagra! Which is alright to coax out what be the underlying characters.

Great post and great site!