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As I strolled through Jean-Pierre Wolff’s vineyard, I found myself asking, “what do turtles have to do with wine?” I pondered if the turtles emerged from their home to help with harvest, if the shelled creatures imparted a bit of nuance to the terroir of the vineyard. Read More

Made with Conviction: The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey

Kyle Schlachter

Features Wine Spotlight

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Wineries buy fruit all the time. However, The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey is the only one I know of that buys grapes from a prison. Read More

Seeking Typicity in Patagonia: An Interview with Piero Incisa della Rocchetta

Lesley Trites

Features

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A third-generation winemaker, Piero Incisa della Rocchetta comes from a family that's legendary in Italian winemaking. A third-generation winemaker, Piero Incisa della Rocchetta comes from a family that's legendary in Italian winemaking. Read More

California Harvest 2011: A New—and Welcome?—Direction

Sarah Chappell

Features

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A cool, persistent spring was the beginning of the weather problems that would plague the 2011 California harvest, pushing back bud break to make the grapes almost three weeks behind schedule. May and June had heavy rains, and the summer heat never really spiked. Pinot noir and chardonnay seemed happy with this weather, and many producers were able to pick elegant, low sugar grapes before the main vineyard event of 2011: October rain. Read More

2009 Corralillo Pinot Noir

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

1 min read

Overall impression is sweet, light, easy-drinking and very New World. Read More

On Ta-tas, Fair Trade and Vino

Jeff Lefevere

Features

5 min read

If you are not familiar with the concept of Fair Trade, it follows the proverb of, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Read More

Creating a New Breed of Vine with Randall Grahm

W. Blake Gray

Features

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Can you imagine using a jeweler's eyepiece and tweezers to pull the male organs off a grapevine? Randall Grahm can. It's a patient task, but he's doing it because he's impatient. Read More

California Wine Country’s War on Terroir

Ed Thralls

Features

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Our wine-loving lifestyle is under attack, and the enemy is much smaller and more difficult to see: diseases and pests like Pierce’s Disease, leafroll virus, and the apple moth. Read More

Jean-Pierre Wolff, Nurturing Vines and Pond Turtles

Made with Conviction: The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey

Seeking Typicity in Patagonia: An Interview with Piero Incisa della Rocchetta

California Harvest 2011: A New—and Welcome?—Direction

2009 Corralillo Pinot Noir

On Ta-tas, Fair Trade and Vino

Creating a New Breed of Vine with Randall Grahm

California Wine Country’s War on Terroir

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Wines of the Past and Future in Alsace (Alsace – Part 5)

A Traditional-Style Small Farmer – That’s What Winemaker Agathe Bursin Would Call Herself (Alsace – Day 4)

A Way of Life: A Small Family Winery, Built on 500 Years of Alsace Tradition (Alsace – Part 3)

What If Your Mother Was a Winemaker? (Alsace – Part 2)

What Do You Talk About With Someone Whose Family Started Making Wine in the 17th Century? (Alsace – PART 1)