In case you’re struggling to find reliable news about the wine country fires in California, the San Francisco Chronicle’s website has been the most updated
Category: Wine Culture
Why Don’t We Hear about Blind Tasting Success?
Whenever wine tasters fall flat on their face the press celebrates by publicizing the fact far and wide claiming it offers proof that wine tasting
The Wine World Mourns
I don’t feel much like writing about wine today. As fierce wildfires ravage California’s prime wine regions there seems little to celebrate. Many have lost
Hold On To Your Wallets
At a conference for wine business financial officers, Wine Searcher’s Blake Gray reports that: two-thirds of wineries in the U.S. plan to raise wine prices
Wisconsin and the Lure of the Grape
Many people give up lucrative jobs and stable careers to get into winemaking. The lure of working the land, creating beauty, and sharing it with
Is the Decline of California as a Wine Region Upon Us?
Jon Bonné takes to the pages of Punch to lament the passing of the current generation of California winemakers and sees little hope for the
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 