On "Minerality" In Wine, A Confusion In Term?

April 07, 2012 by JC Viens

Each time I hear people describing wine as "mineral", I frankly get confused... After all, what exactly does the term mean? That the wine taste of rocks?

The WSET suggest that "mineral" should be used when the wine is perceived as "earthy", when it has an aroma of petrol, or rubber, tar, steel, or wet wool.

There Is A Gooseberry In My Wine...

January 09, 2012 by JC Viens

In most of my wine workshops, without a fail, someone will risk to ask: how do they get that gooseberry aroma in the wine? By adding flavouring?

This might seem like a strange question to a wine snob, but it is in fact a very important question and I always delight when i get such questions in a class.

To answer this, I have a funny story that happened to me a while back.