Things to Love

Harvest has just started in California. When some of the state’s winemakers were asked what’s best about harvest, here are a few things they said:

The smell of fermentation
Camaraderie
Breakfast burritos
Seeing the sun rise over a vineyard
Cold beer
Avocados
Spicy Cheetos
Chocolate
Knowing there’s an end…

In the midst of the coronavirus lock-down, France is asking people to eat more:

A. Baguettes

B. Crème Brûlee

C. Cheese

D. Dijon Mustard

Terre de Lait, an organization for the French dairy industry, has created the “Fromagissons” campaign, a combination of fromage (cheese) and agissons (let’s act). The campaign asks people to start buying traditional cheeses in support of French cheesemongers who have seen sales fall as much as 60 percent since the crisis began. French magazine Agri Culture reports that only 500 tons of an anticipated 2,000 tons of cheese were sold in April. Terre de Lait is urging it’s countrymen to “work together” so that France remains the country of over 1,000 cheeses.

Red, White and Blue?

Ok, so there’s red wine, and there’s white wine, right? And some of you have probably had a glass or two of orange wine. But blue wine? Doubtful. Now, thanks to a group of Spanish… Continue reading

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