Technical topics
Water and metabolism of the vine	04-05-2008
The contribution of water to vine growing, i.e. irrigation, is causing much debate both against and in favour of it. In our view, the opinions expressed on this subject show very often a certain degree of frivolousness, as if the aim of irrigation was merely focusing on producing quantity but not quality. We believe that these judgments are much too simple.
Vigour: defect or virtue?	02-18-2007
Much has been said about vine vigour, especially in quality wine-growing regions such as French Burgundy. These wines ...
Production per hectare?	02-16-2007
Nowadays if you want to plant vines, you are almost forced to choose an area within a given designation of origin. This happens ...
Ideas
Why was this web necessary?	12-28-2007
The goal of this web site is to help satisfy the curiosity that many laypeople have about oenology and viticulture. We want ...
Author wines	05-14-2007
Currently all world wines can be classified into two lines: • Wines from Old Europe These are classic wines, of great strength, that take us back to the past. They ...
Wine authors in El Priorat	05-07-2007
I have just arrived from a business trip to Tuscany (Italy) and I was pleasantly surprised to see that also there, there are winemakers ...