The Rothschilds: Champagne Terroirists
In Bordeaux, the Rothschild family is wine royalty, individually owning multiple châteaux – most notably Lafite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild – and...
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Anne Bousquet Builds an Organic Wine Juggernaut
Businesses – especially family-run businesses – are in many ways like relay races that can be won or lost according...
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Paul Hobbs and the Case of the Hidden Malbec
Have you ever had this really great idea, but your boss, or your spouse, or the investment capitalist bankrolling your...
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Pritchard Hill: Napa’s Best AVA Isn’t Really One
Pritchard Hill is home to a small group of wineries which produce some of Napa Valley’s best and most-expensive Cabernet...
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California’s Axis of Sparkling Wines
In wine, as is the case in most everything in life, there is a standard, and then there is everything...
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Divorcing Your Wine Cellar
I have this good friend, Rick, who retired a few years ago from his hectic day-to-day grind as an owner...
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AXA Millésimes: ‘In Good Hands’ Winery Owners
Can you imagine State Farm purchasing the Robert Mondavi winery? Who wouldn’t want to be their good neighbor? Or the...
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Is Voon Sustainable? Tale of a Virtual Winery
Evan Anderson has done something enviable – create a California winery from scratch, one that makes very good varietal wines...
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‘G’ – A Chardonnay Grows in Bordeaux
People who own wineries love to talk glowingly about their vineyards and the wonderful capabilities of their terroirs. While their...
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Climate Change Coping: Will Barolo & Barbaresco Plant Their Northern Slopes?
Sometimes the simplest solution may also be turn out to be the most difficult. And maybe not even the best...
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Napa 2024: Gray’s Sky Meets Blazing Paddles
Is the sky falling on Napa Valley? A colleague of mine, the writer W. Blake Gray, seems to think so....
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