This is the first post of this blog and I'm kicking it off with Champagne. Check out the entry on this Royal Society timeline for 1662. Turns out sparkling wine was invented by a Pom. I had no idea, but I'm glad it wasn't patented.
The word on the street is that big Champagne producers are buying land near Dover, UK in anticipation of global warming decreasing grape quality in Champagne vineyards. Dover and Champagne are part of the same geological feature that provides chalky soil in both places--good for bubbly.
On the same subject, researchers derived temperatures from Pinot Noir harvest dates in Burgundy from 1370 to 2003 and found that temperatures were pretty high in the Middle Ages, but 2003 was très hot.
No more outdated wine articles for a while hopefully.
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