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Daily Wine News: CellarTracker’s Legacy
Posted by Wine News | Posted on 06-29-2022
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CellarTracker’s app logo.
Is CellarTracker the most wholesome place to discuss wine online? Kristen Hawley looks at the site’s importance in VinePair. “Since its 2004 debut, CellarTracker has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to track nearly 150 million bottles of wine. It’s also become the largest database of public tasting notes — close to 10 million — helping anyone that wants to learn a little bit more about what they’re drinking and what they might want to drink in the future. Every year, 10 million people visit the site, generating tens of millions of pageviews.”
“Rollie Heitz is not the first American to move to Todi—a stunner of a medieval hilltop town (pop. 17,000) in Central Italy’s Umbria region that has often been cited as one of the most pleasant towns on earth. Yet from a wine perspective, Heitz, 64, who was raised in Napa and helped grow his family’s legendary Heitz Cellar (now under new ownership), is arguably the town’s most notable resident.” In Wine Spectator, Robert Camuto visits the Heitzes in Umbria.
Chardonnay’s chameleon character – the manifold ways in which it changes and adapts to different climates, soil types and winemaking techniques – is a well-worn cliché, says Richard Woodard in the Drinks Business. And, like most clichés, it has a great deal of substance to it, responding to everything from the planet’s changing climate to shifting consumer trends.
Is your wine cellar clogged up with unwanted bottles? It might be time to have a clear out. In Wine-Searcher, W. Blake Gray talks to Jeff Smith, chief wine officer for Vino Vault, about rebalancing your wine portfolio.
In the Drop, Jamie Lafferty looks at how vintners in Wales are finding success among the vines.
In Grape Collective, Christopher Barnes talks with Giuseppe Vaira about the unique family story and the evolution of winemaking in Barolo.
Care to pair horseback riding and wine? Lauren Mowery has some travel tips in Wine Enthusiast.