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Showing posts with label alternative wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alternative wine. Show all posts

Monday, 18 May 2015

Everything Is Go Astro Bunny

Everything is Go Astro Bunny
The last story in the series on wine labels; we look at a light-hearted but serious project by British Master of Wine Tim Wildmann. 


Project:  Fly to Australia, make a wine on a budget, with a deadline, get on a plane back to England - GO!


Astro Bunny is a project to produce as Tim puts it;
" A wine that has had its primary fermentation interrupted by bottling thereby rendering it naturally (naturel) sparking (pétillant) in the bottle".
Definition: Pétillant Naturel. (origin Fr.) abbrv. pet nat.





So have fun and dissect this 4 part story of wine made naturel:


Harvest Time in Australia

The easy step? - Winemaking

What's In A Name

Sell, Sell Sell!



Tim Wildman's Bio from webpage:

Tim Wildman is a British born MW who runs his own portfolio wine business involving travel, education and film.Tim became a Master of Wine in 2008 with a Dissertation on Australian wine, which is his professional speciality. You can read Tim’s Dissertation here 

He was awarded the Robert Mondavi Memorial prize for the highest score in Theory and his Dissertation achieved the highest pass mark in his year.With a background in teaching as well as wine Tim has helped dozens of MW students over the years to achieve their goals through his private tuition classes.
Tim has two travel companies specialising in wine tourism. James Busby Travel is a B2B company that takes wine trade professionals from around the world on educational tours to Australia.
Vineyard Safaris offers premium one day wine tours for private individuals and small groups in Australia
Tim is one half of film company Green-Shoot that provides wineries and wine companies with video content and integrated digital media solutions
He writes a monthly column for Australia’s Wine Business Magazine and prefers analogue to digital, in both music and wine. He divides his time between Europe and Australia



Sunday, 18 August 2013

Alternate Grape Varieties

                       
Of all the subjects on wine that I have researched over the years, this paraphrased article from the 1st Century AD historian Pliny The Elder proves one thing. As humans, we remember little and we learn from nothing. Harsh, but please humour my little academic exercise in what are alternative wine varieties.


                        I cannot sufficiently express my astonishment, that some  
                        grape varieties and even their names have become totally 
                        extinct, and lost to history; while some varieties written 
                        about by various authors, have wholly disappeared from
                        modern production.


                       Despite the loss of these ancient varieties, who does not 
                       readily admit that with modern communication methods 
                       we have made a rapid progress in access to an incredible 
                       array of new alternative wine styles and varieties to enjoy? 


                       Pliny The ElderNatural History Encyclopedia (79 AD)
                     

Pliny The Elder - Wikipedia

One of the most well known wine quotes of Pliny is the phrase "In Vino Veritas" which is often translated to "in wine there is truth". Another translation which is perhaps more accurate and perhaps intended is, "Drinking wine leads to the truth".