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Under the Arizona Sun Carneros, Again the Widow Cliquot Tempranillo Vidal Blanc Without a Winery Riesling Master Class THE AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY WINTER 2018 UNDER THE ARIZONA SUN CARNEROS, AGAIN THE WIDOW CLIQUOT TEMPRANILLO VIDAL BLANC WITHOUT A WINERY RIESLING MASTER CLASS AMERICANWINESOCIETY.ORG WINE JOURNAL : WINTER : 2018 | 1 Questions? Contact our National Conference Chair - Diane Meyer [email protected] or 937.558.6559 americanwinesociety.org 2 | WINE JOURNAL : WINTER : 2018 AMERICANWINESOCIETY.ORG features 4 | Jim Rink 22 | J. Stephen Casscles Editor’s Note Vidal Blanc — The Workhorse Grape In this issue of the Journal we look Vidal Blanc, also known as Vidal 256, is a westward at some interesting agricultural workhorse grape variety for the eastern developments that, with or without a mas- United States. The reason for its work- 6 ter plan, certainly have transformed the face horse status is that it yields ample crops of the wine industry in at least two states. and produces quality wines. 6 | George Medovoy 24 | Kristine Austin Under the Arizona Sun Making Wine Without a Winery SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA — I couldn’t have This article is for those of us who either picked a better place to discover cannot afford to, or don’t want to, Arizona’s fascinating wine industry – and so purchase rows of stainless steel fermen- much more. ters, bladder presses, and glycol units. 10 | Roger Morris 27 | Eric Miller 10 Carneros, Again Finger Lakes (FLX) Riesling Master Class Duhig Road veers off from Route 12 and heads south, splitting in half this hilly region It’s good to have friends in high places. where Napa and Sonoma valleys come You get to lead tours to wine areas you together at the foot of the Mayacamas otherwise couldn’t afford to visit. You Mountains before both fizzle out into the get to meet your heroes, like Robert marshlands bordering San Pablo Bay. Mondavi and Pierre Clape. 15 | Review by Madeleine Vedel 30 | Ellen Landis, CS, CSW The Widow Cliquot: The Story 21 Wines to Watch of a Champagne Empire 15 and the Woman Who Ruled It In her continuing column, Ellen Landis selects 21 wines for you to enjoy with any Who was the Widow Cliquot? How did she occasion or celebration. build her champagne empire at a time when women rarely were given the reins 32 | Jim Rink of a business, and Europe was nearly New or Noteworthy perpetually in turmoil? According to MyNorth News Service, on 17 | Ellen Landis, CS, CSW October 19, 2018, the most prestigious Tempranillo: A Global award at the 19th Annual Canberra Favorite Taking Root in Oregon International Riesling Challenge (CIRC)— Best Wine of the 2018 Challenge—was Would it surprise you to learn that given to a Michigan wine: Black Star Farms 17 Tempranillo is one the top five grape 2017 Arcturos Dry Riesling. varieties planted across the entire globe? And that Tempranillo vineyards are increasingly being planted across the Pacific Northwest? All true. 27 AMERICANWINESOCIETY.ORG WINE JOURNAL : WINTER : 2018 | 3 editor’sLETTER JIM RINK VOLUME 50 NO. 4 · WINTER 2018 Published by “The history of American agriculture suggests that you The American Wine Society, can have transformation without a master plan, a non-profit corporation, PO Box 889, Scranton, PA 18501 without knowing all the answers up front.” Single copies $5.00 — Atul Gawande Copyright © 2018 by AWS, Inc. Reproduction or use of the editorial n this issue of the Journal we look westward at some interesting agricultural or pictorial content without written developments that, with or without a master plan, certainly have transformed permission is prohibited. I the face of the wine industry in at least two states. Library of Congress Class Number: TP544 A46A3 LC Card 76-647900 Our very own sommelier Ellen Landis, CS, CSW, takes a look at Tempranillo, an Publisher Old World grape taking root in Oregon. And Roger Morris revisits a renaissance in David Falchek Carneros, which has learned to embrace its unique “above ground” terroir, ending Editor its quest to emulate Burgundy. Jim Rink Contributing Writers On the travel front, George Medovoy recently spent some time in Scottsdale, Kristine Austin, J. Stephen Casscles, Arizona, where he experienced three of the state’s “treasured assets:” its emerging Ellen Landis, CS, CSW, George Medovoy, wine industry, the world of tequila and great cuisine. 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