Sonoma-Cutrer winemaker Cara Morrison recently joined Oliver’s chef Mark Kowalkowski to talk wine, food and perfect pairings ...

Botrytis cinerea is a common disease that requires cool, moist environmental conditions. It produces a velvety gray mat of spores on plants. I typically see botrytis form on annual flowers under ...

Also known by its scientific name, Botrytis cinerea, noble rot is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, ...

Wines made from these berries have a rich, complex, honeyed character and are often high in residual sugar. Botrytis contributes the unique, concentrated flavors in such wines as BA and TBA Rieslings ...

Botrytis cinerea or noble rot on Askerne Wine's semillon grapes. Inset: Kathryn and John Loughlin in the tasting room at Askerne Wine's tasting room in Havelock North. Some say the sweetest juice ...