Ampelography

Champagne
Bubble and sparkles
What is terroir?
By the bowl or by the stem
Red or White
Vertical Tasting
Horizontal Tasting
Corked wine
Wine aging
Open bottles
Calories
Sugar Crystals or..?
If I spend twice as much will it be twice as good?
Sulfites
Hang Time
Nice Legs
The Grape World

Ampelography is the science of vine identification and description. By studying and measuring a vine's shoots, canes, buds, flowers, clusters, seeds and grapes, am ampelographer can tell chardonnay from chenin blanc, pinot gris from pinot blanc. Vines are also now being identified by DNA fingerprinting.

Source: The Wine Bible

Added by demiro - 12 Jan 2009

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