DISQUS

Hiya,


Just listened in to the podcast, so heard about Gabriella ditching the teaching. I hope all went well, I know you had issues with the nasty old witch in charge, so I'm intrigued to know if you're leaving in a blaze of glory, or quietly slipping out the back door :-)



Dave





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Hi Gabriella,


Nice write-up! I'm going to have to do a spot of background wine-beginners research in order to keep up though I think. I don't even know fully what a DO is, although it's fast becoming apparent through context alone that it's some kind of legal quality mark based on the producing region.



Leave that one to me to read about, but one thing that you can help me on, is this business of "double vintage". If the grapes are picked and used in a joven wine, how do they get re-used in a later wine? Maybe the answer is so obvious I can't see it, but it just confused me a smidge.



Also, can I slip in a possible mistake..? The Torres brothers were Jaime and Miguel, yes? But you say that "Julian" commisioned the big wine vat. Did you mean Jaime, or is there a third Torres brother with the same name as the author of the book? Not a big deal, as it's the wine we're interested in, not the brother's names, but figured I'd ask. :-)



Great to see you cracking on with the book, by the way! And I love your pic staring over the pile of books! Very "school ma'am"!! jejejeje



Catch ya





Dave





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I would be also very happy, if you (or your boss) will make it open-source...