Oenological

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I am an amateur wine historian and a chemist with a great love for exploring food and wine with input from sommeliers and culinary experts. I guess you could call me a "wine scientist". Big Mike Grgich stan.

#wine
#sommelier
#vineyard
#chardonnay
#rioja
#crianza
#cabernet
#GrgichHills
#bourbon
#travel

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Stripes of autumnal color on a wet day. #Photography #Ontario #Autumn
Northern #Michigan is home to dozens of wineries and is a 'wine tourism' destination for people across the country.
This year, #drought over the summer stressed the grape vines, which leads to excellent fruit quality and fabulous #wine.
#grapes πŸ‡ 🍷
https://upnorthlive.com/amp/news/local/sipping-on-success-drought-conditions-grape-news-for-northern-michigan-vineyards
Sipping on success: Drought conditions 'grape' news for Northern Michigan vineyards

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Northern Michigan is home to dozens of wineries and is a 'wine tourism' destination for people across the country.This yea

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Carrying wine casks over frozen Lake Erie (#Ohio) in 1913. Every winter, workers driving horse-drawn sleighs carted huge wooden casks filled with wine across a frozen Lake Erie from Kelleys Island Winery to Sandusky on the mainland. Now, there are only winery ruins left #wine #winehistory https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kelleys-island-winery-ruins
Kelleys Island Winery Ruins

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Atlas Obscura
Wine of the week: Sierra Cantabria Crianza 2019
https://jrnet.com/vino/
Spanish Wine - in depth information about wines from Spain

The JRNet Web Page, initially created to provide improved access to the original Spanish Wine Page [est. July,1995], continues provide a wealth information on the countrys wines, with an extended Web family that includes sections on olive oil, cured serrano ham, and information for travelers on our Visit Spain Web site.

Scientists in the 1990s: We split the atom! We landed people on the moon! We cloned a sheep! We discovered superconductivity! We're digitizing all of the world's knowledge for global, near-instantaneous access!

Scientists in the 2020s: No, vaccines don't include 5G chips and make you sterile. No, the Earth is not flat. No, jet contrails are not mind-control sprays. Yes, climate change is real.

Chronic illness can't keep me down, boxed cake mix and pumpkin/chocolate chip muffins.,muffin Recipe link in comment.

Chronic illness can't keep me down, boxed cake mix and pumpkin/chocolate chip muffins.,muffin Recipe link in comment.by Blackflame18144

Dining and Cooking

I am today years old when I learned how to properly pronounce "meritage" (mΙ›rΙͺtΙͺdΚ’), like heritage.

Thanks Val! @GlassInSession

Bonus points for the CFR reference! (27 CFR 4.24) πŸ˜‚βœŒπŸ»πŸ₯‚

#Wine
#winehistory
#Meritage
#enology
#legalese

Wait! What??!! What is happening right now??!! It melted (see post from last night) into MonoCookie when I "softened" the butter (plant-based butter). So I put the dough in the fridge overnight and just made a batch, I had to break off chunks it was so cold.

And now! <waves hands at pan> It's MonoCookie again!! Where did my cookie mojo go? WHAT ARE THESE COOKIE SHENANIGANS??

That's it, I'm moving to apple crisp. This is bullshirt.

#baking #cookies #toomfoolery #bullshirt

each moment is unique, without replacement or replication: there is never a next time, only a now. #photography
Downtown San Francisco from Bernal Hill.
San Francisco, CA. Jul 05, 2023.
#SanFrancisco California #Skyline #LongExposure #OlympusEM5 #EM5 #Photography #Light #Fog #OlympusPhotography