Report on a presentation at the University of Gastronomic Sciences by Antonio Busalacchi on his work looking at the future effect of climate change on wine production.
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I recently came across the Science Daily web site and signed up for their free email of current science news. The emails come with an enormous number of headlines each day. A few wine-related stories that interested me…
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I just came across this (bottle on the left) in our local supermarket here in the uk…
My attention was drawn by the strange colour of the bottle and the fact that it looked rather small compared to all the other wine bottles. When I picked it up I found [...]
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This is a piece I wrote as a university report on our field trip in Sicily in February 2007…
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This is a university report I wrote on our field trip in Northern Portugal…
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Last week I had my first field trip with the University of Gastronomic Sciences, a thematic stage looking at salumi (cured meats).
I was very lucky to be allocated to the group going to the Antica Macelleria Falorni in Greve, Tuscany where we were accommodated very generously and luxuriously by the Folonari family at their wine [...]
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