“March Madness” does not only refer to the NCAA Tournament coverage but also describes the month’s tasting schedule. After attending Italian Wines 2008, I had the opportunity to taste a number of really good wines at another spring tasting last week.
Read all of 2008 Spring Tasting
Once again, I have come across an interesting article at vitisphere.com regarding the 2007 Harvest.
They present some interesting harvest data and pose some big questions.
Below is my summary of the article, followed by my thoughts on the matter.
Read all of 2007 Harvest: Does the reduction in the yield for the two hemispheres mark a turning point in global wine production?
I’m getting started on our next email, which will cover our latest brochure (13) and our latest selection of summer wines to enjoy.
In the cover letter we reference the Summer Solstice and the “official start of summer;” that’s certainly how our calendars describe tomorrow.
What I learned today, however, as I plan on the text for the email, is that the Summer Solstice, as the longest day, is more commonly considered midsummer (outside the
US at least).
Since June 21
st is the longest day, summer technically begins six weeks before the Solstice and ends six weeks after.
If, instead, you consider summer the three hottest months, then probably the meteorological summer is best – June, July and August.
Of course this all refers to the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
And finally, our student coworker points out that for the young, summer begins and ends with their local school schedule.
I was going to entitle this piece, “Factoid of the day” until I learned that there are two competing meanings of the term (my usage being the more recent), and that its use is now generally avoided.
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