Winery / People Flashcards

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Bulk / California

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Kyrss Speegle MW O’Neill Vintners: Bulk shipping; Loading QC, HAACP

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Gallo / Premium Winemaker

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Scott Kozel, VP of Winemaking Gallo: Cost comparison for Vini, Supply/Demand concerns, Cost comps hand/machine harvest

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NZ / white winemaking

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Rob McCulloch MW, Hawkes Bay Wine Company

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Gallo / Large Production

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Cal Dennison, EJ Gallo – Executive Winemaker, CA and partner wineries

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Australia / Large Production

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Nigel Sneyd – Berri Estates, Australia, France, AWRI, EJ Gallo, Now- Accolade Wines

Lucy Clements- Berri Estates (Accolade)- Samples 7 btls/hr during start of bottling run then slows to 2 btls/hr - checking for SO2 drop/DO pick up

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Bordeaux / GCC

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Jean Charles Cazes (5th Growth Pauillac), Lynch Bages: Wine Tourism in Bordeaux, Viniv, go to market strategy for Bordeaux. Tourism town.

Also, Haut-Batailley (5th Growth, Pauillac) - purchased in 2017, reworking the brand for long term positioning

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Margaret River / Boutique

McLaren Vale / Boutique

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Virginia Wilcox, Vasse Felix - Tannin management, Cab Sauv. vini.

Corinna Wright (Oliver’s Taranga, McLaren)

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Accolade Park / Bottling in UK

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Carl Cawsey, Head of Ops: Bulk shipping, bottling

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Fortified / Sparkling

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Sherry:
• Antonio Flores (Gonzales-Byass);
• Equipo Navazos (trendy single barrel bottlings)

Port:
• David Guimaraens (Taylor’s–Taylor-Fladgate) Adrian Bridge CEO;
• Charles Symington (Symington Group) Rupert Symington CEO

Madeira:
• Francisco Albuquerque (Madeira Wine Company/Blandy’s) Chris Blandy CEO

VDN:
• Iain Munson (Domaine Cazes, Vignobles JeanJean)

McLaren/Rutherglen/Riverina:
• Julie Campbell (Campbell’s, Rutherglen)
• Julie Mortlock (DeBortoli, sweet stuff, Riverina)

Champagne:
• Sandrine Logette-Jardine (Duval-Leroy)
• Regis Camus (Piper Rare);
• Cyril Brun (Charles Heidsieck)
• Denis Bunner (asst chef Bollinger)–planting Arbane, Pt Meslier for acid
• Gilles Descotes (Bollinger
• Frederic Panaiotis (Ruinart) - reductive style

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Australia, Old Vine Barossa

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Marco Cirillo, Cirillo Estate Wines

1850 Shiraz

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Sauternes / Barsac

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Pierre Montégut, Chateau Suduiraut
Planting density, selected yeasts, Escapee’s

Bérénice Lurton, Chateau Climens
Biodynamic, Corinne Comme consults,

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Bordeaux, St. Julien

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Gruaud-Larose, Saint Julien (2nd)  
Arnaud Frederic (Commercial Director)
Precise viticulture, Eno-tourism (tower), biodynamics but possibly a shift post 2018, holding back 25% of release

Lilian Barton, Chateau Leoville-Barton
Importance of critics, Eric Boissenot consultant, Co-ferments, tanks with wider top

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Bordeaux, Margaux

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Rodrigo Laytte, Chateau Kirwan
Transitioning to organics, co-innoculate (Eric Boissenot), cement tanks (less energy use)

Chateau Margaux, Philippe Bascaules
Inoculation, make own barrels on property, mobile bottling, sequential inoculation (likes that its w/o SO2 longer for polymerization, accepts the risk), don’t want MLF on skins

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Spring Mountain, Napa

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Newton. Fires, erosion, pruning, new plantings. Transition in style- pick date, turbidity, barrel use.

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New York, Small- Long Island

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Alex Rossinelli (Houndstooth, Long Island), Pad Filter

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Chablis

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Fabien Moreau (Dom. Christian Moreau) Chablis 35-40% older oak for 1er and GC Les Clos; Frost heated cables

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South Africa

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Dawie Botha, Anthonij Rupert (waterfall power, Rolland - Ferm in barrel, old vine Chenin)

Eben Sadie (Swartland)

Christian Mullineux (Swartland)-Mullineux & Leeu, ALSO social enterprise: Great Heart (employee owner)

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Roussillon, Old Vines

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Katie Jones, Domaine Jones, vineyard rambles, Adopt a Vine initiative

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Italy, Piedmont

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Alessandro Ceretto Alba, Barolo; Federico Ceretto Marketing. Acidification for Arneis.

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Italy, Small Bio diversified agriculture

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Il Poggione, Brunello di Montalicino - Alessandro Bindocci

San Donato in Bellaria - Nicoletta Dicova

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Label Design

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Neal Tully MW, Amphora Design

Kevin Shaw, Stranger & Stranger (Clos de los Siete, Mondavi redesign, 19 Crimes)

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Esca prevention

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Michael Silacci, Opus One: transition Cordon to cane, delaying pruning.

Federicos Bonnaffous, Chateau la Garde: “Y”-shaped Guyot Poussard pruning system to balance the sap flow, reduce pruning cuts, better circulation to reduce esca from 5% in their SB

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Deep ripping, soil prep

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Jordan Winery, Napa

Warwick Wine Estate, Stellenbosch

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Crimping Cover Crop

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Mimi Casteel, Hopewell (OR)

Jason Jardine, Hanzell, Napa

Maya Hood White, Early Mountain, VA

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Biochar

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Morgan Twain Peterson, Nervo Ranch, Bedrock Wines:

Chris Mullineux, Mullineux & Leeu

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Deficit Irrigation

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Sparky Marquis, Mollydooker (McLaren Vale)- Velvet Glove

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Fruition Science, sap flow sensors

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Travis Coombe, Two Hands, Barossa

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Comité Champage

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Dr. Pauthier: terroir management project, recommends delaying bud break by up to 10 days through pruning decisions.

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Increase yields, better balance

Steve Matthiason

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David Rosenthal, Chateau Ste Michelle: Increasing Riesling to 7-8 tons/acres (From 4-5) gave better complexity b/c it slowed ripening

Ex of green harvest - loss of site character IHHO.

Dr. Dokoozlian (VP Viticulture Research, Gallo): low reductions (20-40%) have little impact. Have to drop 75% to make a substantial improvement.

John Michel Cazes: in higher yielding vintage can have the best quality.

Christian Moueix: In Napa (Dominus): 3.5-5 tons/acre. In Bordeaux (Pomerol): 2-3, max of 3.5 tons/acre

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Night Harvest

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40% of Jerez vineyards harvested at night, per Jerez regional board (Cesar Saldaña)

Cakebread Cellars: Night harvest (10C vs 26-30C during the day)

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Hyperoxidation

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Ramey: RRV, Chave: Hermitage, Selosse: Champagne, Wine Group: Chardonnay

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Tasting for Final Spec Sign off

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Maggie Kruse, Jordan- takes home wine to share in relaxed setting prior to bottling.