Word: enologist
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...homogenized for simple American taste buds. To purists, a wine's flavors should be determined by terroir--the taste of the land where the grapes grow, the minerals in the soil, the amount of sun, wind and rain to which the grapes are exposed. "Authenticity is important," says Italian enologist Stefano Chioccioli. "We already have China invading us with products with no history. Wine is the fruit of man, but it is connected to the terroir. It is important to maintain that sense of differentiation." It's not that the best French Burgundies and California Cabernets are losing their terroir...
...Developed in France by top sommelier Franck Thomas and enologist Laurent Zanon, the Clef du Vin's alloy (the combination is a trade secret) acts as a catalyst to speed up the oxidization process. The metals are precisely gauged so that dipping the tool into a glass of wine for one second will mimic the effect of a year's aging. Dipping it for two seconds simulates the effect of two year's cellaring, and so on. The key does not leach into the wine, and therefore is not harmful to drinkers...
DIED. EMILE PEYNAUD, 92, pioneering enologist who raised standards of winemaking around the world; of complications from Parkinson's disease; outside Bordeaux, France. After working in the cellars in his teens, he earned a doctorate in wines and almost single-handedly changed winemaking from an Old World industry to one using rigorous scientific methods--including improved temperature controls, lower acid levels and cleaner casks--to produce richer, better wines...
...growing market for something distinctive in a world of sameness. It is this, together with newfound respect for those who made great works without great machines, that has Thom Price, a 31-year-old American, working in a squero, a traditional Venetian gondola workshop. Or that finds Australian enologist David Baverstock producing award-winning wines from old grape varieties found only in Portugal...
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