Politics
LAWS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
* Saint Emilion 2012 - first warnings of trouble
* 2012 St Emilion Classification
* The appellation system
* Certifying Wines under the AOC system (post 2008 reforms)
* History of Cru Bourgeois Classification
* History of St Emilion 2006 Classification
CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BORDEAUX BACKGROUND
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND WINEMAKING
* Wine Faults: Symptoms and Causes (as defined by INAO)
* The role of oak
* Tracking wines
* Jeffrey Davies: Evolving Vineyard techniques
* Evelyne Resnick: Bordeaux & Internet
* Correcting faults at harvest (chaptilisation, deacidification)
* Yeasts and alcoholic fermentation
* Malolactic fermentation & lactic bacteria
* Ensuring a stable malolactic fermentation