I've been answering a lot of questions recently about dry farming. For this week's #PracticalWineAdvice thread, a dive into how grapevines -- which evolved to thrive in hot, dry climates -- came to be so widely irrigated, and why at #TablasCreek we feel there is so much to learn from the past. 1/

For this weekend’s #PracticalWineAdvice 🧵, I’m going to dive into tartrate crystals. I’ll start with an email we got a few years back from a customer (edited to protect identity):

“A couple of days ago we sampled a split of [Esprit de] Beaucastel Blanc. We enjoyed the wine until…” 1/9

Ok, time for a weekend #PracticalWineAdvice 🧵: how to serve your wine at proper temperature. The old advice of “whites cold, reds at room temperature” begs the question of what sort of room. A beach house in Santa Monica? An air-conditioned Manhattan apartment? A Scottish castle? Let’s dive in. 1/9

OK, time for my weekend #PracticalWineAdvice thread. What should you do when you have an open bottle of wine and want to preserve it for the next day? There are dozens of products asking for your money to help with this, but are they necessary? I say (mostly) no. 1/

One of the things I enjoyed doing on the old site is putting together #PracticalWineAdvice threads each weekend. Here's my first for BlueSky.

The question: should you rinse with water between tastes of #wine at a wine tasting or a dinner. The answer, mostly, is no. A quick 🧵 on why 1/