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Oregon Wine Pioneer Susan Sokol Blosser on ‘the Apocalypse,’ Rage Baking – and Optimism 09.25.2020
"Well, we’re doing well, but Mother Nature has stopped sending us gentle hints. She’s really smacked us on the side of our heads to...
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Laura Catena's Gold in the Vineyards: A Celebration of The World's Most Iconic Wineries 09.24.2020
"I chose wines that had somehow achieved 'otherworldy' fame, and which had particularly visionary owners and family stories."...
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California's Next Generation Lead Women Winemakers and the Promise that Accompanies their Success 09.18.2020
Positive strides are being made in California's male-dominated wine industry.
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Inside a Human Rights Lawyer’s Quest to Become the First Black Master of Wine; "This Is Really About the Journey" 09.10.2020
“To some extent, credentials help. While it’s encouraging that the industry seems to be taking a closer look at deep seated biases, we...
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Bruliam’s Dr. Overstreet on Harvest in a Pandemic and a Way Forward for Small Wineries 08.28.2020
"Over the past several months, one question we’re often asked is: How will small wineries, all over the world, survive the pandemic?...
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Victims of California’s Fires Need Your Help. Here’s How. 08.26.2020
The Northern California wildfires, to date more than 7,000 of them including many caused by lightening strikes, have killed seven people...
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What About the Workers? Why Wine Certifications Don’t Go Far Enough 08.21.2020
Certification protects the consumer from dubious marketing claims (clean wine), as well as importers who are reliant on the honesty of...
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Gary Farrell’s Theresa Heredia on Early Picking, Great Vineyards and Overripe Bananas 08.14.2020
"The goal is to make wines that are food-friendly, with a great acid backbone, wines that have fresh, vibrant aromas and most...
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“Wine Girl” Author Victoria James: 10 Questions on Where We’re Headed 07.30.2020
"You used to be able to open a restaurant on a dollar and a dream. Now, you need a whole corporate structure, and for good...
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The Changing Perception of Cava: An interview with Javier Pagés, President of DO Cava 09.04.2020
"In the end, we are a serious region making great wines out of our vineyards and territory, with a very complex method, costly and...
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Dave Miner's Passion for California Viognier 07.25.2020
"I have always loved Condrieu so it's fun and I've worked with some guys such as Francois Villard and Yves Gangloff and hung out...
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The Ciró Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Artisanal Calabrian Winemakers Sweep Italy 08.08.2020
Cirò is at the very center of a crucial wine transformation happening right now in Calabria, arguably Italy's most exciting wine region!...
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Exploring Liguria Through the LAN Cable 07.28.2020
"Due to the extremely steep slopes and small-sized vineyards, the region is unable to mechanize in the vineyards. For the same...
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How a U.S. Convenience Store Magnate Is Turning Around Italy's Enrico Serafino Winery 07.17.2020
'So back home in Des Moines, he started looking for wineries. “I’m sitting there in the middle of Iowa. How do you find a winery in...
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How Wine Can Stop Its Return to an Era of Snoot 07.02.2020
"In the 1970s, sommeliers at many fine restaurants were White French men, or at least White males who pretended to be French. With...
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Joel Peterson on Ravenswood’s Limbo, New Beginnings and Anniversary Bottles 06.19.2020
"Ravenswood and its founder-winemaker, Joel Peterson, helped prove that Zinfandel could be a wine of structure, balance and elegance...
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Growing Grapes in the Parched Hills of Priorat: Interview with René Barbier of Clos Mogador 06.13.2020
"If you taste Priorat, you will have a clear idea that it’s Priorat because 95% of the terroir of Priorat is Llicorella, this...
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Chad Melville: Honest Wines and Fair Prices Prepped Us for Difficult Times 06.05.2020
"We spoke to Chad before George Floyd was killed and the resulting protests, which were generally peaceful but also sometimes...
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Hidden Treasures for Sale as Restaurants Sell Wine Curbside; Our 1994 Meursault 05.22.2020
"A number of restaurants around the U.S. have extensive collections of older wines they have kept well for a long time and have not...
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Gideon Beinstock of Clos Saron Talks Cults and Cultivation 05.29.2020
"I'm proud of my work, but I don't take credit for greatness in wine because to me that's the vineyard, because there's no greatness...
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We’ll Always Have Napa: Read This, Then Shut Your Eyes and Imagine 05.08.2020
"But thinking about Napa gives us and millions of others warm feelings because many of us have had some of the best times of our...
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Bibiana González Rave: How to Create a Life-Affirming Rosé 04.24.2020
"And so our thoughts have turned, somewhat timidly yet eagerly, to the life-affirming wine that is well-made dry rosé." Dorothy...
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Wine and Barbecue, Fathers and Sons: ‘Uncorked’ on Netflix Is Delicious 04.10.2020
"Uncorked combines two of our favorite consumables -- wine and barbecue -- and several things that we rarely see in popular...
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Umani Ronchi, Proud Producer of Marche and Abruzzo Wines 04.09.2020
"Our philosophy is to make wines that are, as we say, 'Grandi vini ma non grossi vini,' great wines but not big wines."...
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What Pairs With ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Shawshank’? Ask a Shut-In Winemaker 03.27.2020
“We’ve been pairing our wines to our movie selections. First, a 2015 Williams Selyem Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and ‘Casablanca’ — Morocco...
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California's Next Generation Lead Women Winemakers and the Promise that Accompanies their Success
Positive strides are being made in California's male-dominated wine industry.
Gary Farrell’s Theresa Heredia on Early Picking, Great Vineyards and Overripe Bananas
"The goal is to make wines that are food-friendly, with a great acid backbone, wines that...
Joel Peterson on Ravenswood’s Limbo, New Beginnings and Anniversary Bottles
"Ravenswood and its founder-winemaker, Joel Peterson, helped prove that Zinfandel could be a...
Gideon Beinstock of Clos Saron Talks Cults and Cultivation
"I'm proud of my work, but I don't take credit for greatness in wine because to me that's...
