28 WINES&VINES August 2015
Drones in Vineyards
Posted by Cliff Ohmart
The trade media is bombarding us with messages about how drones are
going to revolutionize agriculture. Wine grape growers seem to be a par-
ticular target. Is this because the media thinks grapegrowers have money
burning a hole in their pockets? In any case, one is left with the impression
that some technological breakthroughs have occurred recently to put us
on the precipice of drones changing how we farm. . . .
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MOG Blog
Making the Cut for Hall Cab
Posted by Andrew Adams
Just a few days after Hall Wines
hosted about 2,000 people for the
barrel auction of Auction Napa Val-
ley, I visited the winery in St. Hel-
ena, Calif., to taste through a flight
of Hall Cabernet Sauvignon with
the director of winemaking Steve
Leveque. Before joining Hall in
2008, Leveque had spent five
years as executive vice president
and winemaker at Chalk Hill Estate
Vineyards & Winery and more than
a decade as winemaker at Robert
Mondavi Winery.
As we tasted through the lineup we
had a conversation that touched on many topics from drone-assisted agri-
culture to the nuances of blending. I found Leveque's thoughts . . .
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Excerpts from the new MOG Blog
MOG is the name of a new Wines & Vines blog that has frequent posts
by our editors and contributing writers on winery and vineyard topics.
The posts contain "material other than gossip" in the form of news,
opinion, interviews with winemakers and other industry members as
well as slices of life from the world of winemaking and grapegrowing.
The following excerpts provide an idea of what you will find at
winesandvines.com/blog.
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