by Ryan M » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:37 am
Chaptalization. The first wide spread use since the early 90s, up to and including Lafite. They say the wines are really nice drinker's clarets. But we know they still won't be priced for drinkers. However, the Chinese demand has plummeted since 2009 & 2010. So this should be a very interesting future's campaign to watch . . . .
"The sun, with all those planets revolving about it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do"
Galileo Galilei
(avatar: me next to the WIYN 3.5 meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory)