Category: Wine News

Wine Geek Out: What They Know About Oxygen and Wine
. We still don’t know a lot of things about wine. It’s a complex animal, where a lot of variables

Winemaking as Feminism in Thailand
that pops up on my radar. The latest news from Thailand’s wine industry involves the story of Nikki Lohitnavy, who
Wine Signs of the Times
I’m not sure why, but there has been a spate of interesting developments in the wine world in the past

The Canary in the California Wine Cellar?
These days are filled with unexpected and disastrous business news to be sure. I’d imagine not many people were very

The Chinese Roots of California Wine
Every time I visit Meadowood in Napa Valley, I find myself spending time in front of a reproduction of an
A Game Changing New Marketplace for Wine
Did you feel that just now? It was the wine world shifting under your feet. As of this morning, the
All That Grand Cru Wine is not Worthless After All
In the real olden days, grape farmers had to deal with plagues of locusts, rampaging armies, and all manner of
All He Wanted Was a Bottle of Wine After Work
I’ve been working really hard lately. Not here on Vinography, but at the day job that pays the bills. So
The Future of Wine: Urban Vineyards?
In an age of backlash against big-business agriculture and of increasing value placed on local, sustainable living, the phenomenon known
Winemaking as Therapy: Japan’s Autistic Winery
When I first started drinking wine, I had all sorts of romantic notions about what winemaking involved. I though of

Somali Pirates Take Ransom in Wine
Apparently the stepped-up patrols of U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia and increased vigilance on the part of ships’
Starting Today, You Can’t Sell Fine California Wine in Europe
Something is rotten in the State of Denmark, Hamlet famously proclaimed. Rotten may not quite describe it, but something is

Cast Your Vote in the 2009 American Wine Blog Awards
The finalists for the 2009 edition of the American Wine Blog Awards have been announced, and I’m pleased to report

We Need Another French Revolution
My beloved Gallic friends: you’ve done it once before, and now it is time again to rise up and overthrow
Cocaine is Not a Good Substitute for a Nice Glass of Wine
Listen, wine drinkers. I know times are tough. Everyone has less disposable income these days, and it’s tougher than ever

Will UV Treatment of Wine Save Terroir?
It seems like every week, there’s a new story about some inventor debuting some newfangled technology to make wine better.
American and Italian Wine: Movin’ on Up!
I’m a proud papa, though I don’t think myself at all unique in my position. When my little daughter figured
The Sadness and Irony of a Wine Museum
Meet Michel Chasseuil. He’s 67, drives a beat-up old car, never goes on vacation, and is perhaps not unlike so