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By Todd Joneck We recently had a discussion about screw caps vs. corks and I realized that I had an incomplete understanding of why wine makers choose one or the other closure method. I learned something while researching this and many may like to learn about this themselves. To breathe or not to breathe? Wine closure is all about oxygen management. Air is something like 16% oxygen and exposure to oxygen is a primary contributor to the way wine ages and goes bad. As you can imagine a screw...

By Todd Joneck I didn’t think I really liked Viognier until recently. I love a good bottle of this varietal including one we currently pour at Joneck’s from New Clairvaux Vinyard. You can find a wine you like (or hate) from any varietal if you look long enough. Making great wine is the culmination of proper farming practices and proper wine making techniques for the grape in question. Understanding the challenges a wine maker has to contend with to tame the finicky Viognier grape has...