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wisdom California: Paso Robles ... via Morgon

It was a shame to spend three weeks in the U.S. without visiting some vineyards ... so we improvised a little detour through the "off the beaten path" of Paso Robles.

This appellation is located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco and a few miles of the Pacific.

With nearly 200 wineries, Paso Robles is the third major production area of California. She is still in the shadow of Napa and Sonoma, but begins to acquire its credentials.

A local peculiarity allows wine quality: the contrast between the water very fresh Pacific (12-15 °) and warm air masses frequently create cool mist, allowing the grapes do not suffer too much until the summer heatwave mid-day. The altitude vineyards (200-400 meters) also cooler nights, allowing grapes to ripen more slowly.

Phillip Hart and vines

We had the time to visit only one area, and I had not taken the time to investigate the area. I I am concerned the only winemaker in Biodynamics: Ambyth Estates.

not chauvinist ... Phillip has the tshirt of a nearby field!

Phillip Hart, the founder of the field, has built a small corner of paradise, nestled atop a hill overlooking the entire region. Isolated, he was able to implement biodynamic viticulture overall, with of cows, chickens, bees , more than 600 olive trees, and a significant biodiversity in the weed. He worked conscientiously its soil and the vines are planted in cups. One of his greatest pride: it irrigation within vineyards, while the practice is common - and allowed - in the region.

Little paradise, clear view ...

cons A total current local fashions, he likes fresh and low alcohol wines, and even grenache harvest in early maturity. Wines and keep a good natural acidity, which is rare in California. Amateur

great wines of the Rhone, he planted Mourvèdre, Grenache and, Syrah, and it has even been planted in the Counoise, one of the varieties "secondary" in the region of Chateauneuf du Pape! But there is ecumenical in its approach since it is also of Sangiovese (the grape of Chianti), and Tampranillo (grape of the Rioja).

Vinification in small batches

The vinification is made naturally in small tanks, and no "input" is added (include all pixie dust that are allowed in winemaking) and low / no use of S02. Its wines

most ambitious and most successful are ReVera Adamo and, with bases for Rhône Grenache and Mourvèdre, plus some Syrah. The wines keep all their fruit, the balance is built on freshness, and alcohol and woodlands are very discreet.

As often in the "Lifestyle Wineries, wines are too expensive (around $ 45), but I still was happy to bring back three bottles.

So I put the finishing touches on this post, I learn that Marcel Lapierre has left us.

For those who do not know, was a famous Marcel Lapierre Morgon winemaker. He was a tireless ambassador of winemaking that we now characterizes as "natural" (although the term is debated). It helped - by its actions, by its words and its wines - the development of an entire generation of winemakers.

link with California?

At the end of our visit Ambyth, Phillip Hart us down in his basement "personal" and proudly showed me the dozen sealed bottles of red wax, a hallmark of Morgon Lapierre. And he tells me about her visit to France in the hills Beaujolois, concluding "this is the man who convinced me to get into the natural winemaking.

This sentence, I have often heard from the lips of wine. I think among other things to this young and talented winemaker Bourguignon, who had the luck to be born at the foot of one of the most beautiful hills in Beaune, winemaking and unbeknownst to his father a barrel without SO2 ... This "daring" , he was at a party with Marcel Lapierre.

Thanks and respect to this gentleman who has given his convictions to all those tenants, to Corton Paso Robles ... He will be missed.

About Ambyth Estates:

Phillip Hart & Mary Morwood Hart
510 Sequoia Lane
Templeton, CA 93465 Phillip
: 805-305-9497
Phillip@ambythestate.com
http: / / www.ambythestate.com/
http://www.ambythestate.blogspot.com/

Where is it? It's here

Rural landscape-chic arriving in Paso Robles

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Coffee Lair Tuesday, October 26, 2010 14th

taxes Cheers!

Hosted by Matthias

Twenty AMG met to talk about taxes with a smile. Below you will find some elements introduction to the evening, the major themes that were discussed and references for further reading.

Introduction

Talking taxation is talking social project. Thus, one can understand the social project of the government through its tax reforms. It is for us to draw the outlines of another social project based on a different tax.

1. What is the social project of the government?

It is very readable behind his vision of taxation. The idea is simple: cut taxes of the richest and slashing public services. This is to allow more rich keep their money. They do not need public services because they can afford private services (private universities, private hospitals, etc.).

This project is currently in place: all the current reforms (schools, hospitals, social security, pensions, etc.) is to excuse the government deficit, and proposed spending cuts.

This view is not new: for 20 years there has been a steady decline in taxes in France but also in the U.S., England or Germany. It is the theory of "trickle down": if the rich are richer, the whole economy benefits from, so also the poorest. This is the argument constantly used to justify the tax shield for example. But this does not work like that.

What is the consequence of this policy in France? The widening deficits. Loss of 100 billion euros over 10 years (Mr Gilles Carrez calculation of the UMP). What does

N. Sarkozy? Reduce expenses. How? By reducing the number of officials. But as we look at the figures shows that the non-replacement of staff on a 2 that does retires saves as 500 million euros per year. While the reduction in VAT in the catering lose 3 billion per year. The record of N. Sarkozy is so negative!

The tax loopholes are also much more responsible for this deficit. 86% of tax loopholes benefiting the richest 10% in France. L. Bettencourt is currently imposed for example to 9% of its revenue from 400 million a year. So it does pay 40 million euros. The taxman has even paid 30 million euros through tax shield. France is therefore a tax paradise for those who can afford tax lawyers (tax planning). We laugh when Messrs Sarkozy, Brown and Obama tell us about the blacklist of tax havens, frowning.

2. What is our vision of society?

We must have a clear vision of taxation that we want and we fight to implement it. When will the demonstrations for a fairer tax system? What is this project? It's not very complicated: raising taxes on the richest to better distribute the wealth. In parallel with these new resources to build real public services that benefit everyone.

can even go further and say that this project will benefit all of society: the most modest as the easiest! A study published recently in Britain says that The benefits of greater equality are distributed throughout society and improve the health of everyone, not just the bottom of the ladder. In other words, regardless of income levels, we saw all the best that the country is egalitarian. This is true not only for the poor but also for other . For example, the hyper-rich in the U.S. have a life expectancy lower than the very wealthy Scandinavian countries. Why? Violence, the state health system or system education weigh heavily on the lives of every member of society.

But we must still ask whether such a project with a chance of being implemented. In the current French political system - that can be described as liberal oligarchy - the answer is unfortunately not. Because the government does not implement policies conducive to the general population, but a small minority of owners. Nevertheless, it is up to us to change things and bring this project because, as stated in the American historian Howard Zinn: It is very dangerous to wait for a savior, a leader who will arrange. Person at the top of the pyramid will arrange. These are not the initiatives of Presidents, the Congress or the Supreme Court that have improved society, but rather the actions of ordinary people.

Great themes

Francis noted that this view of taxation works mainly for taxes on income. If direct taxes actually go down for several years, indirect taxes and local taxes are increasing. The challenge is therefore mainly a revision of income tax to redistribute wealth.

Pierrot also notes that must above all be angry about the use of taxes. He is facing the lavish spending of our president and cuts in public services.

The issue of regionalization of taxes was also raised. Should we regionalize the collection and use taxes? The example of the transformation of RMI in RSA is recalled. In addition, the national framework allows you to play the solidarity between regions.

Dominique wondered why the man wants fewer share with others, and why companies are becoming less supportive. Values that accompany the rise of capitalism since two centuries and the resurgence of neo-liberalism since the early 1980's are not for nothing.

Francis said that talk about taxation and redistribution of wealth is ultimately to consider how best to operate the current economic system. On this subject the vision of the American entrepreneur Garrett Gruener (below) is interesting. Many entrepreneurs are calling for a better distribution of wealth in order to stimulate consumption, hence the production and growth. He comes to rest not on the growth of household indebtedness, but a real increase wages. This is what had set up Henry Ford in the early 20th century when he realized that his workers were also potential consumers of its products. The rise of low wages is clearly a goal but the beginning of the twenty-first century, we must also raise the question of ecology. A new policy "Fordist" would be compatible with preserving the environment? Even if, as outlined by Hervé Kempf ( How rich are destroying the planet ) it is mainly the consumption patterns of the very rich that harm the environment by spreading to the middle class.

References
Three recent issues of
the bottom if I'm on this topic 28, 29 and 30 September. Worth listening here.

You can also read an interesting article published in Courrier International on September 30 about the United States or the tax debate is also relevant. Article here.

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Contest Secret Wine

[Oulala, shame! This post is read by funny and knowing the correct answer was (!!!). Wine tasting It is now acted that I tasted like a pony!]

I found excellent and innovative concept " Secret Wine", an idea of Clair de Lune to offer a "Cyber-blind tasting." The contest consite to reach bloggers wine-bottles of wine "mysteries", and award a prize to the first respondent to give the correct answer.



I tasted the wines with the confederate Seb, a fellow promotion of the Master of the OIV, wine shop in his spare time in the 17th in Paris (" Runners Terroirs", run-y)

Our verdict was immediate and without debate: "New World!"

I voted the first day. But over time, noting that all other bloggers had proposed designations French (Rhone and Languedoc, the largest number), doubts assailed me: we are then planted at this point?! [Note: I post this post before I knew the answer in the contest, it's more fun]

I confess to having read and reread a couple of times the contest rules, to ensure there was no stated that it was French wines.

Well, okay, we tasted the wines a bit warm (19/20 °), and Seb had a cold, but still!

It seemed obvious that the wines were very "developed", where the influence of the winemaker seemed very important (I'm paraphrasing Jaime Good which rightly says in his blog WineAnorak ("Winemaking Often Overwhelm style sense of place here ")

At first wine tasting (the 390), Seb and I do not put half a second we exclaim:" Oulala, that's the New World. "Like that, instinctively, without going into the analysis.

Upon examination, we found powerful aromas of menthol, black fruit very ripe, exuberant wine built on Alcohol, with an acidity of "suspect" for such maturity. Cooked and spicy aromas, see "viandards" We have to quickly think of a Syrah as the only Australians know how to do ...

The second wine (079) immediately made me think of a Merlot Napa: ripe strawberry jam, power, volume, immediate pleasure, (but digestibility questionable ...) Except in Napa or Chile, we sees little of this kind.

When the third, I saw a dead ringer for a wine tasting recently, which was a good Pinot Black Chile (Laroche Punto Alto area).
On one side the characteristic aromas of berries, but in the mouth, power and smoothness to my knowledge impossible to achieve in Burgundy.

Moonlight confirms that this is only one production area, so I tend to Australia, although Pinot seems to "work".
Chile does not seem at all impossible, but it is a single production zone, I hesitate too: Casablanca and Maipo?

Tasting with Seb Driving in New Zealand, Winter 2007

My first votes were:

390: Shiraz Barossa Valley, Australia
079: Merlot Napa Valley - USA
714: Black Casablanca Pinot.

Second vote:

390: Barossa Valley, Australia
079: Barossa Valley, Australia
714: Barossa Valley, Australia