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Mouton-Rothschild : la fabuleuse dégustation verticale de 2003 à 2012. Grêle : la lutte va commencer. Violemment touchés par la grêle ces dernières années, en particulier sur la Côte de Beaune et la Côte Chalonnaise, certains viticulteurs ont enregistré jusqu’à 90 % de pertes de récolte. « Rien qu’ici, il a grêlé six fois depuis 2001, et nous avons constaté que les derniers orages ont été de plus en plus intenses et violents », rappelle Thiébault Huber, viticulteur et président de l’Organisme de défense et de gestion (ODG) de Volnay.

Une baisse trop importante des stocks C’est lui qui assurera aussi la présidence de l’Arelfa Bourgogne, antenne régionale de l’Anelfa (voir encadré), aux côtés de Philippe Garrey (de Mercurey) à la vice-présidence. Nicolas Ragot (de Givry) est le secrétaire général de l’association et Jean-Louis Moissenet (de Pommard), le trésorier. Tous président l’ODG de leur commune. « Il fallait absolument qu’on se génère de cette manière. Quel impact sur l’environnement ? Selon lui, il ne restait que deux solutions. Les prochaines étapes de l’association. iPhone Wine Apps. From needing a few spur of the moment wine recs while scouting at your local wine shop, to pairing wine with your favorite fare, there are plenty of wine-themed applications to partner with your iPhone. Many of these apps offer similar user experiences, with some geared deliberately to the novice wine lover and others for buyers that lean more heavily on cellar management tools.

These apps are designed to be your on call sommelier, ready and willing to suggest a wine (and more) at the touch of a button. 1. Vivino Wine Scanner Vivino Wine Scanner One of the best all-purpose wine apps around, Vivino allows smartphone users to snap a label shot and use the image to look up the wine's tech sheets, ratings, winemaker's notes and more. 2. Natalie MacLean If you've been to Natalie MacLean's website, NatDecants.com, you have an idea of what you're in for with her new wine app. 3. Image Courtesy of Hello Vino 4. Cellar for iPhone 5. 6.

10 iPhone Apps for Wine Enthusiasts. You don’t have to be a wine aficionado and toss around words like “bouquet,” “tannin” and “terroir” to appreciate a fine glass of grape. But as with everything, a little knowledge can go a long way. Getting to know wine is an ongoing and pleasure-filled process that begs for a curious palate and a lot of welcomed experimentation. If that isn’t enough motivation, consider the health benefits that moderate wine drinking offers. Numerous studies have shown that antioxidants known as flavonoids found in red wine reduce the risk of heart disease, improve cardiovascular health, produce good cholesterol, reduce inflammation and even prevent cancer.

Well, in that case, pour me another glass! Regardless of whether you’re a wine snob and refuse to drink from a bottle with a screw cap, or could care less and happily swig from a box, the following 10 apps will help you better understand this refined libation. 1. Snooth Wine Pro represents the next generation of app technology. Cost: $4.99 2. 3. 4. 5. iPhone Apps For Wine ~ Tech News 24h. It has been said that we are all products of our environment, maybe that’s why it seems like half the people I know are trying to develop an Iphone App for wine.

Having a wine business based just outside of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area gives me access to new and exciting wine applications for the Iphone. Snooth Wine Pro If I could have only one wine app on my Iphone, this would easily be the one. To start, the search function for any given wine actually works. That’s a bigger thing than most people realize since there isn’t a standard way to list vineyard location, wine name, varietal and the other information that you’d need to find a bottle of wine in their system. Secondly, Snooth brings together an interesting combination of user reviews of wine, professional review information and stores. Pair It Let’s face it, wine is best consumed with food. Wine Events Wine Enthusiast Guide Author Bio: