User:Agne27



Forever hoping that Justin Bieber never opens up a winery so that I won't have to deal with Bieber-related wine articles

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Who am I? Well I am a wiki-oenophile who works mostly on wine articles as part of the Wine Project. My goal is to help improve the quality of Wikipedia's wine articles to where they become a worthwhile resource for wine beginners and enthusiast alike. It also wouldn't hurt to get the Project mentioned in Wine Spectator either.

As of January 1st, 2014, I have created 841 non-redirect articles nearly all wine related. If you add redirects that number jumps to 11,963. (Hey, wine grapes have a lot of synonyms :P) Some of my personal favorites among the articles I've created include:


 * History of French wine
 * History of Champagne
 * History of Chianti
 * Ripeness in viticulture
 * Irrigation in viticulture
 * Yeast in winemaking
 * Aging of wine
 * Pressing (wine)
 * Sugars in wine
 * Acids in wine
 * Phenolic content in wine
 * Health effects of wine
 * Yeast assimilable nitrogen
 * Annual growth cycle of grapevines
 * Vine training
 * Propagation of grapevines
 * Aroma of wine
 * History of Sherry
 * Ancient Rome and wine
 * Ancient Greece and wine
 * History of Portuguese wine
 * History of South African wine
 * Tuscan wine
 * Loire Valley (wine)
 * Provence wine
 * Old World wine
 * History of the wine press
 * Phoenicians and wine
 * List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

Articles that I didn't originally create but have either completely rewrote or substantially edited include:


 * Malolactic fermentation
 * Chardonnay
 * Cabernet Sauvignon
 * Merlot
 * Nebbiolo
 * Sangiovese
 * Grenache
 * Sauvignon blanc
 * Barbera
 * Malbec
 * Chenin blanc
 * Mourvèdre
 * Terroir
 * Wine and food matching
 * Champagne
 * Barolo
 * Barbaresco
 * Brunello di Montalcino
 * Chianti
 * Chablis wine
 * Sauternes (wine)
 * Sancerre (wine)
 * Spanish wine
 * Sparkling wine
 * Champagne (wine region)
 * History of Bordeaux wine
 * Beaujolais (wine)
 * Muscadet
 * Madeira wine
 * Côte-Rôtie AOC
 * Oak (wine)
 * Washington wine
 * California wine
 * South African wine
 * Côte Chalonnaise
 * Piemonte (wine)
 * Rioja (wine)
 * Argentine wine
 * Chilean wine
 * Valpolicella
 * Vin Santo
 * Los Carneros AVA
 * Alexander Valley AVA
 * Russian River Valley AVA
 * Barossa Valley (wine)
 * Hunter Valley wine
 * Wine fraud
 * Pomerol AOC

Notes from people smarter than me

 * "Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed." - Erastus Wiman
 * "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung
 * "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever." - Aristophanes
 * "Here's to the corkscrew - a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly." - Percy French

Wine Newsletter Quick Links

 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter
 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Tip Room
 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Sub-projects
 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Wine Improvement Drive
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Wine Improvement Drive
 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Wiki-Winos


 * Article Traffic tool
 * stub counter
 * User:West.andrew.g/Popular pages
 * WikiProject Wine/Popular pages

Other wine links

 * User:Agne27/Top importance wine article comparisons

Other Interests

 * Baseball
 * Politics (Though I do try to avoid some of the bickering and contentious stuff on Wiki)
 * History in general
 * European Royal Families
 * Christian Apologetics & Theology (In particular Lutheran History)

Possible annoying behaviors

 * I'm a horrible typist and will make silly typos often. I try to catch what I can but I'm certain to miss a few.
 * I'm not as up to snuff on wiki code to make things look as crisp and nice as they can. Feel free to clean up anything I do.
 * I'm becoming more and more a stickler for sources. While I'll try not to dive off the cliff into overkill, I will poke my nose into a few things to request some source citations.

Thinking inside the box
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Things to do

 * Dead Pages & Lonely *Pages-Because every Orphan needs a home
 * New Pages-Add note to welcome new wikipedians and add stub tags where needed
 * Clean Up Tags-Better then deletes

Stubs

 * Wine Stubs
 * Lutheran Stubs
 * Missouri Stubs
 * Theologian Stubs
 * Theology Stubs
 * Christian Text stubs
 * Christianity Stubs

Wine Lists
To Do-- Work on categorizing and better organizing wine related articles.
 * Wine List
 * Wine Images
 * Wine Terms
 * Oenology Terms
 * Wine Tasting
 * Wine category
 * Wine critics
 * Wines by Country
 * Wine Accesories
 * US Wineries-need some notability guidelines
 * Wine Styles & Wine Styles II-Merge categories
 * Winemakers-needs notability guidelines
 * Wine Regions
 * Wine Companies

Wiki stuff
My views on the City, State debates at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (settlements)

Good Article Criteria

1. It is well written. 2. It is factually accurate and verifiable. 3. It is broad in its coverage. 4. It follows the neutral point of view policy 5. It is stable 6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.

Some GA thoughts....
 * On a good lead An important distinction between an encyclopedic article and a news or magazine article is that we don't need to "build anything up" for the reader-no suspense or plot development. Rather we lay everything out in the beginning and then go into more detail and development below. With a good lead, a reader should know the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and WHY of the article before they even get to the TOC.

DYKs
''Articles that I have contributed to either by creation, expansion or nomination. See WikiProject Wine/right panel for more wine-related DYKs''

2007 (54 articles)

 * Charles Heidsieck - February 7, 2007
 * Chaptalization - April 10th, 2007
 * Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur - April 21st, 2007
 * Red Mountain AVA- May 30th, 2007
 * Augusta AVA - June 3rd, 2007
 * Texas wine - July 2nd, 2007
 * Russian wine - July 19th, 2007
 * Valle d'Aosta DOC - November 5th, 2007
 * History of Rioja wine - November 8th, 2007
 * Harvest (wine) - November 8th, 2007
 * Maceration (wine) - November 8th, 2007
 * Barbaresco - November 9th, 2007
 * Aglianico - November 11th, 2007
 * Chian wine - November 12th, 2007
 * Tasmanian wine - November 12th, 2007
 * History of Sherry - November 13th, 2007
 * Piedmont wine - November 13th, 2007
 * South Australian wine - November 17th, 2007
 * Loire Valley (wine) - November 18th, 2007
 * Flurbereinigung - November 18th, 2007
 * Tannat - November 19th, 2007
 * Galician wine - November 19th, 2007
 * Catalan wine - November 23rd, 2007
 * Jura wine - November 24th, 2007
 * Lombardia (wine) - November 27th, 2007
 * Mosel wine - November 29th, 2007
 * Lesbian wine - November 30th, 2007
 * Alicante Bouschet - November 30th, 2007
 * Toscana (wine) - December 2nd, 2007
 * Pais - December 12th, 2007
 * Vietnamese wine - December 13th, 2007
 * California wine - December 15th, 2007
 * Chilean wine - December 16th, 2007
 * Carignan - December 17th, 2007
 * Algerian wine - December 18th, 2007
 * Second wine - December 19th, 2007
 * Turkish wine - December 20th, 2007
 * Champagne in popular culture - December 21st, 2007
 * Ann C. Noble - December 21st, 2007
 * Victorian wine - December 21st, 2007
 * Cattier (champagne) - December 22nd, 2007
 * Manseng - December 22nd, 2007
 * Paul Draper (winemaker) - December 23rd, 2007
 * Ribolla Gialla - December 24th, 2007
 * Schiopettino - December 25th, 2007
 * Spinning Cone - December 25th, 2007
 * Zierfandler - December 25th, 2007
 * Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine - December 26th, 2007
 * Vini Lunardelli - December 27th, 2007
 * Indian wine - December 27th, 2007
 * Oeil de Perdrix - December 28th, 2007
 * Rhone Rangers - December 28th, 2007
 * Slovenian wine - December 30th, 2007
 * Mas de Daumas Gassac - December 31st, 2007

2008 (46 articles)

 * Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso - Jan 1st, 2008
 * Klevener de Heiligenstein - Jan 5th, 2008
 * Château Pavie-Macquin - Jan 5th, 2008
 * German Agricultural Society - Jan 6th, 2008
 * Côte-Rôtie AOC - Jan 8th, 2008
 * Ahr (wine region) - Jan 9th, 2008
 * Ancient Greece and wine - Jan 13th, 2008
 * Chardonnay - Jan 14th, 2008
 * Calabrian wine - Jan 21st, 2008
 * Orvieto (wine) - Jan 24th, 2008
 * Carbonic maceration‎ - Jan 24th, 2008
 * Ancient Rome and wine - Feb 1st, 2008
 * Limoux wine - Feb 6th, 2008
 * David Peppercorn - Feb 10th, 2008
 * European Union wine growing zones - Feb 10th, 2008
 * Provence wine - Feb 11th, 2008
 * Château Lascombes - Feb 12th, 2008
 * Wine law - Feb 13th, 2008
 * Château-Chalon AOC - Feb 14th, 2008
 * The Wine Advocate - Feb 14th, 2008
 * Château Cantemerle - Feb 17th, 2008
 * New South Wales wine - Feb 17th, 2008
 * Shirazi wine - Feb 18th, 2008
 * Haut-Médoc (AOC) - Feb 20th, 2008
 * Château Pape Clément - Feb 24th, 2008
 * Alexis Lichine's classification of Bordeaux wine - Feb 25th, 2008
 * Henri Enjalbert - Feb 25th, 2008
 * Cabernet Sauvignon - Feb 26th, 2008
 * Pierre Galet - Feb 28th, 2008
 * South West France - Feb 29th, 2008
 * Château Beau-Séjour-Bécot - Mar 6th, 2008
 * Cocks & Féret - Mar 7th, 2008
 * Stuart Pigott - Mar 21st, 2008
 * Mustum - Mar 23rd, 2008
 * Château Beauregard - Mar 28th, 2008
 * Robert Finigan - Mar 29th, 2008
 * André Simon (wine writer) - Mar 30th, 2008
 * Corsica wine - May 28th, 2008
 * History of French wine - July 20th, 2008
 * Non-grape based wine - July 21st, 2008
 * Chateau de Goulaine - Aug 1st, 2008
 * Robert Berning - Aug 3rd, 2008
 * Aging of wine - Nov 18th, 2008
 * Champagne Riots - Dec 31st, 2008
 * Comet vintages - Dec 31st, 2008
 * Autolysis (wine) - Dec 31st, 2008

2009 (50 articles)

 * Grower Champagne - Jan 1st, 2009
 * History of Champagne - Jan 1st, 2009
 * Sangiovese - Jan 12th, 2009
 * Carmignano (wine) - Jan 17th, 2009
 * Alexander Valley AVA - Jan 19th, 2009
 * Los Carneros AVA - Jan 22nd, 2009
 * Russian River Valley AVA - Feb 4th, 2009
 * Arneis - Feb 9th, 2009
 * Nebbiolo - Feb 10th, 2009
 * Barolo - Feb 20th, 2009
 * Washington wine - Apr 3rd, 2009
 * List of Chablis crus - Apr 4th, 2009
 * Chablis wine - Apr 7th, 2009
 * Clarification and stabilization of wine - Apr 8th, 2009
 * Mendoza wine - Apr 17th, 2009
 * Argentine wine - Apr 20th, 2009
 * International variety - Apr 29th, 2009
 * Lake Chelan AVA - May 6th, 2009
 * History of Chianti - May 14th, 2009
 * Colorino - May 15th, 2009
 * Canaiolo - May 15th, 2009
 * Marzemino - May 16th, 2009
 * Ullage (wine) - May 19th, 2009
 * Storage of wine - May 20th, 2009
 * Chianti - May 22nd, 2009
 * Côte Chalonnaise - May 25th, 2009
 * South African wine - June 18th, 2009
 * History of South African wine - July 5th, 2009
 * Wine and health - August 7th, 2009
 * Arbois (grape) - Sept 24th, 2009
 * Grolleau (grape) - Oct 1st, 2009
 * Bucelas DOC - Oct 2nd, 2009
 * Carcavelos - Oct 2nd, 2009
 * Cellared in Canada - Oct 6th, 2009
 * David Lake - Oct 14th, 2009
 * Vin Santo - November 27th, 2009
 * History of Portuguese wine - December 14th, 2009
 * Cesanese Comune - December 17th, 2009
 * Dimiat - December 19th, 2009
 * Baroque (grape) - December 21st, 2009
 * Champoux Vineyard - December 22nd, 2009
 * Douro Wine Company - December 22nd, 2009
 * Greco (grape) - December 23rd, 2009
 * List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards - December 23rd, 2009
 * Colli Piacentini - December 25th, 2009
 * Aleatico - December 26th, 2009
 * Quinta classification of Port vineyards in the Douro - December 28th, 2009
 * Furmint - December 28th, 2009
 * Phoenicians and wine - December 29th, 2009
 * Collioure AOC - December 31st, 2009

2010 (23 articles)

 * Symington Family Estates - January 2nd, 2010
 * Ripeness in viticulture - Jan 5th, 2010
 * Valpolicella - Jan 5th, 2010
 * Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas - Jan 11th, 2010
 * Fonseca Guimaraens - Jan 16th, 2010
 * Guigal - Jan 18th, 2010
 * Nassau Valley Vineyards - Jan 20th, 2010
 * Irrigation in viticulture - Jan 22nd, 2010
 * Tintara - Jan 26th, 2010
 * Barossa Valley (wine) - Jan 26th, 2010
 * Wine rating - Jan 26th, 2010
 * Mendocino County wine - Jan 31st, 2010
 * Climate categories in viticulture - February 2nd, 2010
 * 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal - February 12th, 2010
 * Vine training systems - February 13th, 2010
 * Sancerre (wine) - February 17th, 2010
 * Chapoutier - February 19th, 2010
 * André Jullien - June 24th, 2010
 * Côte de Nuits - June 28th, 2010
 * Glera (grape) - June 30th, 2010
 * Santorini (wine) - December 11th, 2010
 * Wachau wine - December 16th, 2010
 * Hajji Firuz Tepe - December 19th, 2010

2011 (29 articles)

 * Limnio - January 1st, 2011
 * Montepulciano (grape) - Jan 2nd, 2011
 * Rosso Barletta DOC - Jan 4th, 2011
 * Chateau Grand Traverse - Jan 8th, 2011
 * Okanagan Valley (wine region) - Jan 12th, 2011
 * Burrowing Owl Estate - Jan 18th, 2011
 * Boushey Vineyard - Jan 19th, 2011
 * Hermann AVA - Jan 24th, 2011
 * Cristom Vineyards - Jan 28th, 2011
 * Catawba (grape) - Jan 30th, 2011
 * Mikulovská wine - Jan 30th, 2011
 * Stag's Leap Wine Cellars - February 6th, 2011
 * Baco Blanc - Feb 13th, 2011
 * Len de l'El - Feb 14th, 2011
 * Poulsard - Feb 17th, 2011
 * Nielluccio - Feb 18th, 2011
 * Domaine Raveneau - Feb 19th, 2011
 * Fer - Feb 21st, 2011
 * Tibouren - Feb 28th, 2011
 * Domaine Jean-Luc Colombo - March 4th, 2011
 * Marcel Deiss - March 7th, 2011
 * Château Fortia - March 10th, 2011
 * Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone - March 13th, 2011
 * Brachetto d'Acqui - March 13th, 2011
 * Hanzell Vineyards - March 27th, 2011
 * Fiano (grape) - March 30th, 2011
 * Verdicchio - March 30th, 2011
 * Petit Rouge - April 2nd, 2011
 * Vespaiola - April 3rd, 2011

2012 (7 articles)

 * Tunisian wine - November 5th, 2012
 * Turkey Flat - November 7th, 2012
 * Abruzzo (wine) - November 7th, 2012
 * Wine Grapes - November 8th, 2012
 * Žametovka - November 9th, 2012
 * Mastroberardino - November 18th, 2012
 * Würzburger Stein - November 23rd, 2012

2013 (33 articles)

 * Verduzzo - January 3rd, 2013
 * Blaufränkisch - January 27th, 2013
 * Marselan - March 22nd, 2013
 * Dureza - March 22nd, 2013
 * Pomerol AOC - March 23rd, 2013
 * Barbaroux - March 25th, 2013
 * Corton-Charlemagne - March 26th, 2013
 * Bouchalès - March 28th, 2013
 * Pecorino (grape) - April 1st, 2013
 * Gros Verdot - April 2nd, 2013
 * Peloursin - April 2nd, 2013
 * Pineau d'Aunis - April 7th, 2013
 * Yeast assimilable nitrogen - April 9th, 2013
 * Vidal blanc - April 13th, 2013
 * Maury AOC - April 14th, 2013
 * Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil AOC - April 15th, 2013
 * Couderc noir - April 15th, 2013
 * Abouriou - April 23rd, 2013
 * Aurore (grape) - April 24th, 2013
 * Marechal Joffre - April 24th, 2013
 * Gouget noir - April 26th, 2013
 * Douce noir - April 30th, 2013
 * Merlot blanc - May 7th, 2013
 * Bombino bianco - May 10th, 2013
 * Malolactic fermentation - May 23rd, 2013
 * Mondeuse noire - May 24th, 2013
 * Cabernet blanc - June 3rd, 2013
 * Cygne blanc - June 16th, 2013
 * Agiorgitiko - June 18th, 2013
 * L'Acadie blanc - June 20th, 2013
 * Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony - June 26th, 2013
 * Pallagrello bianco - July 4th, 2013
 * Trevisana nera - December 7th, 2013

Other links

 * User:Agne27/Wine To-do


 * WikiProject Wine/Newsletter


 * User:Agne27/DYK count test page


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox -- Portuguese wine


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox2 -- Oxygen in winemaking


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox3 -- History of Washington wine


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox4 -- Côte-d'Or wine


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox5 -- Torrontés


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox6 -- Cold soak


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox7 -- Maconnais


 * User:Agne27/Sandbox8 -- Carignan


 * User:Agne27/French wine project


 * User:Agne27/Grape names


 * User:Agne27/Napa


 * User:Agne27/Muscat


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