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Has Yeast Domesticated Us?

Erika Szymanski
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7 min read
In his outstanding volume The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Ellix Katz makes the disturbing proposition that rather than us having domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae – the yeast used to ferment wine as well as (most) beer and bread – S. cerevisiae has instead domesticated us. Katz is a fermentation wizard, the

Tempranillo: the Spanish Side of Texas Wine

David Furer
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6 min read
As a state rightfully associated with sunshine and warm, Texas's ability to effectively ripen grapes to their full potential is often misunderstood. Soils stingy in porosity and friability, hail and drought during the vegetative cycle — and of course an excess of heat and sunlight — have contributed to difficulties

How Wine Criticism Is Changing

David White
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3 min read
Twice in the past three months, the wine world has been rocked by news from Robert Parker, the world's most famous wine critic. In December, Parker announced that he'd sold a "substantial interest" in the Wine Advocate, the influential magazine he founded in 1978, to a trio of Singapore-based investors

Wine Science 3 – Oxidation, a Palate Press Video

Tom Mansell
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1 min read
Tom Mansell, Ph.D., Palate Press' Science Editor, offers a seven-part lecture in the science of wine. He discusses yeast, esters, flaws, and even how to fix some flaws. Tom is an entertaining and informative speaker. We hope you enjoy Wine Science Part 3, Oxidation. d d d Wine Science, Part

Wine Writing: No Laughing Matter

Meg Houston Maker
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4 min read
Robert Parker, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Nicolas Joly walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “What is this, some kind of joke?” • • • Wine journalists Mike Dunne and Andrew Jefford love a good joke. But they’re not finding much to laugh about these days. Both men

Wine Science 2 – Cork Taint, a Palate Press Video

Tom Mansell
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1 min read
Tom Mansell, Ph.D., Palate Press' Science Editor, offers a seven-part lecture in the science of wine. He discusses yeast, esters, flaws, and even how to fix some flaws. Tom is an entertaining and informative speaker. We hope you enjoy Wine Science Part 2, with Tom Mansell. Tom discusses cork taint,