It’s not as complicated as you think or lengthy books make it out to be. Pairing a glass of wine with your meal can be one of the best parts of dining out, especially if your company is a bit dull. Of course there is ambiance, conversation, cuisine and culture. And for some unfortunate people,…
Different Wine Grapes, a quick guide. There are, according to different sources, approximately 10,000 different wine varieties grown throughout the world today. Wine Enthusiast breaks down those to “just” 300 of the more commonly found wine grape varieties. Other professional wine websites break this number down into 24 or even the 10 most common types you will…
Bottling wine is the final step in wine production. It is the closing paragraph, concluding that year’s harvest, which begins with the budding of the grapes on the vines. This year we bottled our 2022 Pinot Noir and our 2023 Viognier. The grapes were harvested a year apart but bottled together. This is because our Pinot Noir spends 8-14…
In our modern world, olive oil is something we might drizzle on our salads, slowly pour into our aioli, or to fry our fish with. But its history and its uses go back to at least 3500 BC, when the earliest olive oil amphorae, are dated. Most likely even before 4000 BC. However, its uses went far…
The history of Rosé predates our modern understanding of “red” and “white” wines. Before grapes were separated by varietal, even before they were separated by color, the red and white grapes were crushed together. This produced a darker, more tannic rose wine. It wasn’t until the 6th Century, when grape vines from Greece, were planted in southern France, that…
At Barowsky Disesa Vineyards (BDV) we are often asked about our farming methods. There are many ways to farm a vineyard. We think it’s important that the different types of practices are easily defined. They are often confused, rightfully so, and all serve different purposes and achieve different results. Sometimes vineyards even use multiple methods and overlapping styles. Examples of…
