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Mountain goat-level climbing skills. Straight up through the riesling vines on the steel slopes of the Mosel. #deutschwein #vineyarddog (at Ediger-Eller)

#vineyarddog #deutschwein

Snowy vineyard contemplation during the break from viticulture.

Neuro-enology

It seems that the world of neuroscience is starting to understand the complexity the winemakers and sommeliers deal with in their profession. How do you describe, dissect, and make decisions involving a product that weaves sight, smell, taste, touch into a poetic symphony? Any winemaker will tell you that there is no right way, no recipe in vinification. It is just as much an art as a science.…

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#biomechanics #neuroenology #neurology #senses #sensory analysis #sommelier #wine tasting

I love my walk to the grocery store. Only 24 days left in this surreal life before the next one. #Montpellier #Vinifera

#vinifera #montpellier

Ever seen a white, fuzzy leaf or a red leaf in the spring? In the case of grapevines and many other plants they are ways to protect delicate photosynthetic machinery in developing leaves from being destroyed. Now you know! (from The Science of Grapevines - Anatomy and Physiology by Markus Keller)

#viticulture #plant physiology #wine science #Vinifera #smartplants

Ethel and Chester, my little friends from Côte Rôtie, are fully through budburst after a lot of love and sunshine. Learning viticulture while sleeping next to these little syrah vines is definitely helping me understand physiology on a whole new level. #Vinifera #syrahobsessed #viticulture

#vinifera #syrahobsessed #viticulture

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Cave Wine Cellar

via reddit

#raptureshelter

#damngoodwine #condrieu #vinifera #viognier

#damngoodwine #vinifera #viognier #condrieu

Introducing plastic to a wine with cork taint (TCA) can selectively remove most of the bad aroma. Most plastics absorb anisols more than other wine aromas.

Professor Strobl - Geisenheim, Germany

#wine #corked #sommelier #science

Starting with some pretty deep enology of tannins today. Feels good learning how to make less astringent wine for those future customers. #Vinifera #enology #winemaking

#vinifera #enology #winemaking

Walked into a pub in East London tonight. Ordered a pint. Asked the bartender a question about the beer. Found out it was brewed in the cellar below. The brewers happened to be on the stools next to me. We began to chat. Got to check out the operation. Five pints later... Best friends! #londonbeer #onemileendbeer #yummers

#londonbeer #yummers #onemileendbeer

El Brujo is alive and well in Germany. The syrah magic (laced with malbec, cabernet, and counoise) is evolving into a peppery, juicy, black abyss of satisfying richness with herbal undercurrents. @wagonways #syrahobsessed #washingtonwine #wallawalla #wineexperiments (at Mörstadt Weingut Hess)

#wallawalla #syrahobsessed #wineexperiments #washingtonwine