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Wine Wednesdays With William: Attack Of The Clones

Call it a "family affair." All commercial wine-producing grapevines, regardless of their variety, are produced from cuttings that are genetically identical to their original “mother” vine. But just like identical twins, they don’t always behave the same way. In organisms such as grapevines, every time a cell divides, there's the opportunity for spontaneous change to the genetic material, and many grape varieties with an ancient...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Your Next Glass Of Wine Could Come Out Of A Keg

The next time you tap a keg, it's entirely possible that wine'll flow out. It turns out that a small but growing portion of the wine harvest is finding its way into metal, not glass, containers. Free Flow Wines dominates the business of putting wine into kegs. The company has grown by 50 percent in each of the last six years, and it's just...
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Wine Wednesdays With William: Bordeaux’s Wineries Are Now (Really) Open For Business

The news that Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR), owner of fabled Bordeaux wineries, Château Lafite Rothschild and Duhart-Milon, has begun construction of a state-of-the-are...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Every Rosé Has Its Thorn

As spring begins to, well, spring in the Capital Region, that means the center of wine gravity will shift away from the red wines...

Wine Wednesdays With William: How We Discovered Our First Wines In The United States

Ever wonder how that decanter filled with red or white gorgeousness, sitting on your kitchen island, ready for late-evening service, got there? I'd suggest...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Vines And Wines’ Early Roots

Some wine-drinkers might have a religious experience while drinking a glass after work. But what they might not know is that wine actually played...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Moscato d’Asti, The Wine World’s Sweet Relief

Anybody out there have a sweet tooth? (That was a rhetorical question.) While I could easily serve you any number of candies, pastries or...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Ode To A Particularly Mouth-Watering Bottle Of White

A lot of studying is involved in becoming a wine expert. Case in point: I recently taught a class to 12 local wine industry...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Orange Is The New White Wine

For those of you wine enthusiasts who enjoy tastings and attempting to identify the various notes that make up their favorite choices, orange wines'...

Wine Wednesdays With William: All About The Yeasts That Make You Love Sauvignon Blanc

Wine people are curious characters, as you have no doubt learned from my column. Case in point: Last week, halfway around the world in...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Vivino And The Future Of Wine Buying

Over the past year or so, I've been focusing on wine past and present—and what we can learn about it through that lens. But...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Wine Writer André Jullien, The First Of His Kind

I'd like to think that enjoying a good book or magazine feature about wine is as satisfying as drinking a bottle of it. And...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Celebrating 50 Years Of Wine Expertise

So you want to be an expert in fine wines, do you? You can't just watch a few YouTube videos (or read a few...

Wine Wednesdays With William: Weighing Your Wine Bottle Options

Last week in the Putnam Market Wine Room, several cases of merlot and cabernet sauvignon were delivered from the same wine producer—but they arrived in...