Politics

LAWS AND CLASSIFICATIONS

* Bannis de Pomerol

* Saint Emilion 2012 - first warnings of trouble

​* 2012 St Emilion Classification

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* The Evin Law

* Certifying Wines under the AOC system (post 2008 reforms)

* 1855 Classification
 

* History of Cru Bourgeois Classification

* History of St Emilion 2006 Classification

 

CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT


* Global warming

* The impact of terroir (Kees Van Leeuwan)

* Bordeaux's green wineries and the Carbon Initiative (Bilan Carbon)

BORDEAUX BACKGROUND

Various information about Bordeaux as a centre for wine and culture

NEW TECHNOLOGY AND WINEMAKING

​* Wine Faults: Symptoms and Causes (as defined by INAO)​
* ​The role of oak​
* ​Tracking wines

* Jeffrey Davies: Evolving Vineyard techniques

* White wine aromas

* Cabernet Sauvignon

* Evelyne Resnick: Bordeaux & Internet

* Reduced vs Reduction

* Correcting faults at harvest (chaptilisation, deacidification)

* Yeasts and alcoholic fermentation

* Malolactic fermentation & lactic bacteria

* Ensuring a stable malolactic fermentation

* Use of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in wine

* Dubourdieu: premox in whites​
* Brett & other issues​