The Wine Voyage

Table of Contents - The Region That Rewired How We Think About Wine - The Grapes: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - The Geography: Five Regions Within Burgundy - The Classification System: From Regional to Grand Cru - Domaine vs. Négociant: Two Paths to Burgundy Wine - Vintages in Burgundy: High Stakes, High Variance - Why Burgundy Wine Is So Expensive - Finding Good Value in Burgundy Wine - Pairing Burgundy Wine with Food - Burgundy Wine for Corporate and Team Experiences - Quick Reference: Key Burgundy Villages by Style - Further Reading The Region That Rewired How We Think About Wine If you want to understand why wine people obsess over terroir — the idea that a specific patch of earth produces something unrepeatable — look at Burgundy. Burgundy wine is the purest expression of that philosophy anywhere in the world. Two adjacent vineyards, separated by nothing but a stone wall, can produce wines that taste completely different. Same grape, same winemaker, different earth. That's what ...

Table of Contents - The Region That Rewired How We Think About Wine - The Grapes: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - The Geography: Five Regions Within Burgundy - The Classification System: From Regional to Grand Cru - Domaine vs. Négociant: Two Paths to Burgundy Wine - Vintages in Burgundy: High Stakes, High Variance - Why Burgundy Wine Is So Expensive - Finding Good Value in Burgundy Wine - Pairing Burgundy Wine with Food - Burgundy Wine for Corporate and Team Experiences - Quick Reference: Key Burgundy Villages by Style - Further Reading The Region That Rewired How We Think About Wine If you want to understand why wine people obsess over terroir — the idea that a specific patch of earth produces something unrepeatable — look at Burgundy. Burgundy wine is the purest expression of that philosophy anywhere in the world. Two adjacent vineyards, separated by nothing but a stone wall, can produce wines that taste completely different. Same grape, same winemaker, different earth. That's what ...

Table of Contents - What Is Biodynamic Wine? - Biodynamic vs. Organic vs. Natural Wine - The Biodynamic Preparations - The Lunar Calendar in Biodynamic Wine - Why Do Producers Choose Biodynamic Farming? - Notable Biodynamic Wine Producers - What Does Biodynamic Wine Taste Like? - Is Biodynamic Wine Worth the Premium? - Biodynamic Wine and Wine Tasting Experiences - Getting Started with Biodynamic Wine - Further Reading What Is Biodynamic Wine? Biodynamic wine comes from vineyards farmed according to a philosophy that treats the entire farm as a single living organism — soil, vines, animals, insects, and even the cosmos — all working together. It goes further than organic farming. Much further. The term itself comes from Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher who in 1924 gave a series of lectures on agriculture that formed the basis of what he called "biodynamic" farming. Steiner's view was that industrialized farming was stripping land of its vitality, and that farmers n...

Table of Contents - What Is Biodynamic Wine? - Biodynamic vs. Organic vs. Natural Wine - The Biodynamic Preparations - The Lunar Calendar in Biodynamic Wine - Why Do Producers Choose Biodynamic Farming? - Notable Biodynamic Wine Producers - What Does Biodynamic Wine Taste Like? - Is Biodynamic Wine Worth the Premium? - Biodynamic Wine and Wine Tasting Experiences - Getting Started with Biodynamic Wine - Further Reading What Is Biodynamic Wine? Biodynamic wine comes from vineyards farmed according to a philosophy that treats the entire farm as a single living organism — soil, vines, animals, insects, and even the cosmos — all working together. It goes further than organic farming. Much further. The term itself comes from Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher who in 1924 gave a series of lectures on agriculture that formed the basis of what he called "biodynamic" farming. Steiner's view was that industrialized farming was stripping land of its vitality, and that farmers n...

Table of Contents - Why Wine Regions Matter - How Wine Regions Are Defined - The Classic Old World Wine Regions - Important New World Wine Regions - How to Navigate Wine Regions as a Learner - Wine Regions and Team Experiences - Further Reading Why Wine Regions Matter Wine doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from specific places — specific soils, specific climates, specific grape varieties that humans have matched to those places over centuries. Understanding wine regions is the fastest way to make sense of wine because place is the organizing principle behind almost everything on a wine label. In the Old World (Europe), wine regions are the primary label information. A bottle of Burgundy doesn't tell you it's Pinot Noir — it tells you it's from a specific village or vineyard. The assumption is that knowing the place tells you everything. In the New World (Americas, Australia, South Africa), labels tend to lead with the grape variety, but the region still shapes everyth...

Table of Contents - Why Wine Regions Matter - How Wine Regions Are Defined - The Classic Old World Wine Regions - Important New World Wine Regions - How to Navigate Wine Regions as a Learner - Wine Regions and Team Experiences - Further Reading Why Wine Regions Matter Wine doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from specific places — specific soils, specific climates, specific grape varieties that humans have matched to those places over centuries. Understanding wine regions is the fastest way to make sense of wine because place is the organizing principle behind almost everything on a wine label. In the Old World (Europe), wine regions are the primary label information. A bottle of Burgundy doesn't tell you it's Pinot Noir — it tells you it's from a specific village or vineyard. The assumption is that knowing the place tells you everything. In the New World (Americas, Australia, South Africa), labels tend to lead with the grape variety, but the region still shapes everyth...