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Alochol in Wine: what is it exactly? #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined. Alcohol: Byproduct of yeast’s desire to be inefficient sugar consumers, & as a chemical in your brain requires government warning. Ethanol: the primary alcohol in...
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Flowering: when, what and how. No insects needed. #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined with cheeky alacrity. Flowering: 6-8 wks after budbreak grapevine’s perfect flowers undress losing petals creating “cap fall”. No insects needed for sex. The post...
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Donelan grapevine flowering: how spring impacts the way your wine tastes.
This Spring in the vineyards is springing with incredible alacrity. It now seems it will not be long before we’ll be sampling vineyards of Pinot noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah! We’ve written of bud...
View ArticleWine Structure: the basis for wine texture. #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined with cheeky alacrity. Structure: Architecture 4 wine texture, the wire all is hung on, the scaffolding, the bones 4 flesh; firm, supple, or missing? The post Wine...
View ArticleRestaurants with Donelan: Boulevard in San Francisco
At 1 Misson St in San Francisco stands Boulevard Restaurant. Consistently rated as one of the top restaurants in the city as well as across the country, we are honored to now don their wine list....
View ArticleAcidity in wine: compounds that give pucker to life. #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined with cheeky alacrity. Acidity: compounds that give pucker to life. Backbone of wine, too little = fat, too much = sour, right amount = supple balance. The post...
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Wine Racking: air and removing settled material #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined with cheeky alacrity. Racking: often used to give wine a bit of air; process of removing wine from settled material at bottom of an aging vessel. – The Color of Racking...
View ArticleThe Wine Nose: its more than the thing on your face. #Donelanpedia
Donelanpedia: wine terms defined with cheeky alacrity. Nose: that thing on your face below your eyes, also a reference to the entirety of a wine’s smell. The post The Wine Nose: its more than the thing...
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Harvest Winery Internship 2013
At Donelan Wines, harvest is an opportunity to open our doors to eager, hardworking individuals who want to learn more about winemaking and to be exposed to some exciting terroirs in northern...
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Creative Inspiration for Wine Blending
April showers have given way to the new growing season and for me, it’s a chance to dust off my green-thumb and create the gardens I have daydreamed about all winter. At the winery, this time coincides...
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