Monthly Archive for February, 2010

Brew Day Gone Bad…

They say that any day brewing is a good day.  I couldn’t agree more (well, except for all that pesky sanitizing—that can be a real bitch).  However, a good day brewing can go sour.  And for us this weekend, it did. Dead yeast?  Nope.  A broken carboy smashed all over our apartment?  Nope.  A boil-over […]

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Fraud in Languedoc: UPDATE

Well, its now official.  The twelve crafty wine fakers have gotten the French gavel and its off to prison for some and hefty fines for others.  As I wrote last week, E&J Gallo was sold a ridiculous amount of fake Pinot which was passed off on the world as Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir, which was […]

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Fraud in Languedoc: A Sea of Fake Pinot?

In what may be a massive raping and pillaging of the great Gallo’s wallet and operations in France, the French are investigating whether E&J Gallo was sold fake Pinot Noir.  And incredible amounts of it:  3.57 million gallons, to be precise. Fueled by greed and the ever-flowing dollar that Gallo provides, some Languedoc vignerons may […]

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A Taste of: Franziskaner Dunkelweizen

Dunkelweizen, Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu, München, Germany (5.0% alc) You gotta love it when your friends prepare to move and unload their stuff on you.  Especially when its their booze. A good friend of mine, Tamara, has just moved to London to begin a new adventure overseas.  The fortunate thing for me is that she had amassed quite a wine […]

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