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An Early Peek at a Great Montalcino Vintage
Caparzo Rosso di Montalcino "La Caduta" (Tuscany, Italy) 2019 (Vineyard Brands, $20): If I shop on the right days, I can...
Smith-Madrone: Fifty Years On, Cultivating Beauty
Cultivation: 1. The act of preparing and working on land in order to raise crops. 2. To promote or improve the growth of a plant by labor...
What I’ve Been Drinking Lately: Only in Massachusetts!
While on August vacation at Cape Cod, I am always struck by the effects of the three-tier distribution system—even today with the...
An Interview with Jason and Flora Chang of Family Owned and Operated Nine Suns and Plinth
The Chang family purchased a one-of-a-kind property atop famed Pritchard Hill in Napa in 2010. They redeveloped the vineyard and...
Wine and Food Adventures in Greece, Part I
Summer 2021 has been somewhat easier for travel despite the threat of new COVID-19 variants Delta and Lambda (and who knows which others...
Interview with Congressman Mike Thompson: California Wine Country’s Foremost Advocate
Congressman Thompson can be found working hard in the halls of Congress … or in the rows of his vineyard. He recently won...
Quarantine Chronicles: Dreaming Remote, Enjoying Local
I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get a little stir crazy. Doing nothing but working from home, taking...
The Scandalously Poor Performance of Affordable American Wine
There is a scandal in the American wine industry, and it isn't what you might guess. It has nothing to do with the use of chemicals or...
Wine With…Pork Chops with Fried Green Tomatoes and Caper Aioli
Wine With…Pork Chops with Fried Green Tomatoes and Caper Aioli After a profligate season, our tomato vines have shut down. We...