Adventures in Wine Advent Calendars
Is it too early to talk about advent calendars? We don’t think so - particularly because the advent calendars we want to talk about are going to fly off of…
Cosmopolitan Gives a Crash Course in Wine
In an interview that is as entertaining as it is informational, Cosmopolitan Fitness and Health Editor Elizabeth Narins cops to a complete lack of wine knowledge. She turns to sommelier…
Isn’t Gluten Free Wine Just Wine?
Though only 1% of the American population (and 20-30% of the world) has celiac disease, many have decided that gluten doesn’t agree with their body and endeavor to cut it…
Upcoming Ballot Measure has Lasting Effect on Napa’s Future
Due largely to its robust tourism industry, Napa Valley is quickly running out of room for new vineyards. With the valley floor already full of vineyards, developers have started looking…
Bright, Unoaked Chardonnays for a Bright Spring
After a boom of popularity in the late 90’s to early 2000’s, Chardonnay has taken a lot of heat. Beyond market saturation, the issue was that many winemakers were oaking…
Good News Out of California About Last Fall’s Wildfires
Amid a long year for the wine industry when it came to environmental disasters, tragedy struck Northern California in October when a particularly terrible wildfire wreaked havoc all across the…
Is Award-winning Wine Worth It?
Medals are a good thing, right? Whether it’s in the Olympics or in the wine cellar, you always go for gold. While we’ll hear more about figure skating in February,…
France Set to Produce the Least Amount of Wine in 60 Years
Extreme weather has affected innumerable businesses this year as unusual patterns have caused everything from droughts to hurricanes. As French vineyards near the end of their harvest season, it seems that…
Master of wine vs. Master sommelier: What’s the difference?
Wine is a massive and decidedly complex industry and, as steel wine drum manufacturers, Skolnik’s role in it skews more industrial and utilitarian. But wine is more than an industry…
Spain Rediscovers an Ancient, Potentially Climate-Change-Resistant Wine
Climate change is causing problems across the globe and across industries, including winemaking. As winemakers and vineyards struggle to cope with changing weather patterns, extreme climate events, forest fires, earthquakes…