Author Event: Pressing Matters by Alan Ramey

Join us for a special event with Alan Ramer, author of Pressing Matters. This event is free, but we appreciate your RSVP below so we can plan for your attendance.

Pressing Matters covers the big debates of wine - all the issues that winemakers and sommeliers tend to disagree on. The book addresses the causal factors of terroir, organic and biodynamic farming, old world vs. new world regional rules, how significant the impact of climate change is on wine typicity, how to define wine quality and determine the value of wine as well as the definitional questions and pros and cons of naturalness in wine.  The result of exhaustive literature reviews and around a hundred interviews, it is a novel angle through which to approach wine, ensuring that polar opposite points of view are heard out.

Alan Ramey is Co-President and co-owner of Ramey Wine Cellars. Alan has trained in all aspects of the winery, from the cellar to winemaking, and works in all areas of the winery. Alan apprenticed at Veramonte in Chile and Domaine Méo-Camuzet in Burgundy and competed on the blind tasting team for the University of Cambridge. He currently serves on the Board of the California Wine Institute. He is the winemaker for Curious Ground, a new project that attempts to rethink the County of Sonoma, developing a blend that typifies what the region can become.

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