32 WINES&VINES September 2015
Tiny Houses in the Vines
Posted by Kate Lavin
The tiny house movement has steadily gained steam in the past few years,
and two of the newest members of the tiny house community are also part
of the wine industry.
Ali and Jarrod Boyle, owners of Alexandria Nicole Cellars in Prosser,
Wash., planted their first vines in 1998 and crushed their first vintage in
2001. Over time they've grown their vineyard to 267 planted acres . . .
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MOG Blog
Spiciest Wines You've Tasted
Posted by Jim Gordon
Few winemakers have ever heard
as many "no's" from the TTB as
Rob and Kat McDonald did when
applying for label approval.
The McDonalds: Can we state the
grape variety? TTB: No
The McDonalds: Can we state the
AVA? TTB: No
Why was it so hard to get label
approval for the new St. Mayhem
brand? It's a simple answer, really.
They kept hearing "no" because
grapes were not the only flavor
ingredients in their new line of $25
wines. . . .
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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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