Ask a Winemaker
From Matt, April 18th, 2016From the Ask a Winemaker YouTube channel, John talks about wine, winemaking, and what it all means:
You can simply hit play and watch the series dramatically unfold before your eyes, or click the playlist button upper left in the movie frame and navigate directly to the topic that intrigues you most. Here’s the series:
- Dijon clones are a bad joke perpetrated on the Oregon wine industry (3:17)
- What is Natural Wine? John Paul of Cameron weighs in (1:37)
- What is Chaptalization? Why is it needed in winemaking? Part 1 of 2 (3:25)
- When do you Chaptalize? Part 2 of 2 (2:04)
- Native Yeast in Winemaking: John Paul of Cameron Winery (2:48)
- Wädenswil and Pommard Clones at Cameron Winery, Oregon (2:17)
- The soils of the Willamette Valley: John Paul of Cameron (1:49)
- Pinot Noir: “I can’t imagine anyone not being intrigued by that grape” (1:16)
- Wine Education 101: John Paul on Nebbiolo (1:50)
- Wine Education 101: John Paul describes Chardonnay (2:06)
- Wine Barrel Selection at Cameron Winery, Oregon (1:52)
- The Cameron Funk! (2:29)
old vines, old wines & an old winemaker
One of the advantages of being an “old-timer” in the world of enology and viticulture is that our vines have aged along with me. It is a well known phenomenon in the world of wine that old vines tend to produce superior wine. A recent tasting of 18 vintages of Clos Electrique Blanc magnums proved that adage to be true! Overall, the consensus was that 8-14 years of aging seems to be the absolute “sweet spot” for this magnificent vineyard.
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With climate progressively changing, one phenomena that is starting to occur fairly regularly is an occasional bout of intense winter cold weather. In January 2024, temperatures descended to as low as 4F in high altitude vineyards. Read on to learn how grapevines respond to this stress.
There’s More... >Cheers to a fantastic year ahead!
Bottles of Cameron Winery wine that are currently for sale.
2022 Dundee Hills Chardonnay, 2021 White Oak Pinot noir, 2021 Abbey Ridge Pinot noir, 2021 Clos Electrique Rouge, 2021 Clos Electrique Blanc, 2022 White […]
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