Category: Ramblings and Rants
Kincade Fire Menaces Sonoma County
At 6.30 pm yesterday Saturday 26 October local time, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, along with local
Powerless to Pause Harvest In California
Last week on 8 October California marked a rather sad anniversary: two years since a series of fires devastated Sonoma
I’ll Drink to That: Winemaker Rod Berglund
Episode 474 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Rod Berglund, who is both the owner
US Retailing: Cracks in the Foundations
A recent US Supreme Court ruling striking down an obscure Tennessee law has had the American wine industry abuzz for
I’ll Drink to That: Burgundy Winemaker Tomoko Kuriyama
Episode 473 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Tomoko Kuriyama, who with her husband Guillaume
I’ll Drink to That: Wine Writer and Consultant Anthony Hanson, MW
Episode 472 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Anthony Hanson MW. Anthony Hanson is the
The Phenomenal Rise of Canned Wine
I distinctly remember the first time I saw wine in a can. I was visiting the Francis Ford Coppola winery,
I’ll Drink to That: Wine Distributor Jeff Kellogg
Episode 471 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Jeff Kellogg, who returns to the show,
I’ll Drink to That: Burgundy Vigneron Jacques Seysses
Episode 470 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Jacques Seysses, who founded Domaine Dujac in
Much Ado about AVAs
Winemakers in America are increasingly running foul of regulations that have kept pace neither with the march of technology nor
I’ll Drink to That: Winegrower Mimi Casteel
Episode 469 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features owner and winegrower Mimi Casteel of the
I’ll Drink to That: Winemaker David Ramey
Episode 468 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features winemaker David Ramey, founder and co-owner of
California’s Volatile Spring
Grapevines are notoriously hardy organisms. I was recently reminded of this while driving through the back roads of Chile’s Itata
I’ll Drink to That: Burgundy Vigneron Benjamin Leroux
Episode 467 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Burgundy vigneron Benjamin Leroux of the winery
Wine Critic Robert M. Parker, Jr. Officially Retires
It’s the end of an era. Today, wine critic and founder of the Wine Advocate, Robert M. Parker, Jr announced
California is Fizzing Again
I’ve been having something of an unnerving experience of late. Receiving unsolicited wine samples from all over the world is
I’ll Drink to That: Winegrower Joe Rochioli, Jr.
Episode 466 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Joe Rochioli, Jr. of J. Rochioli Vineyards
I’ll Drink to That: Winemaker Ken Wright
Episode 465 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently, and it features Ken Wright, the founder and winemaker of
California Drought Over, For Now
It’s spring in California wine country. ‘As the vines break bud and come out of dormancy closer to a normal
