Daily Wine News: Goldridge Glory

Posted by | Posted in Wine News | Posted on 09-17-2021

Goldridge soil. (Source: Twitter user @@NickWineJournal)

In Wine Enthusiast, Virginie Boone explores the magic of Russian River’s Goldridge soil. “A rare, fine-grained sandy loam, known for its excellent drainage, Goldridge soils are light and fluffy… Some believe the light texture of the soil seems to contribute fine tannins, though there hasn’t been a proven correlation between soil texture and tannin structure.”

Once just a bit player in Chianti, the grape Ciliegiolo is now being singled out for its ability to produce juicy, chillable red wines. Megan Krigbaum highlights some bottlings in PUNCH.

“What’s the key to taking a one-thousand-acre mountain vineyard that’s been conventionally farmed and converting it to all-organic farming? In the case of Shannon Family of Wines, it’s the sheep.” On WineBusiness.com, Cyril Penn reports on Project Ovis, the transformation of a 1,000-acre mountain vineyard in Lake County into a “sustainable, regenerative organic farming system.”

In the Drop, Chris Losh looks at the “not safe, not boring” side of Chilean wine.

GuildSomm explores the history of women in the wine industry.

In Wine-Searcher, W. Blake Gray reports on California’s harvest.

And in some other news, hard seltzer sales are finally starting to decline.

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