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Turning the Tables on Stacy Louise Briscoe
This month’s Turning the Tables interview features Stacy Louise Briscoe, who has been contributing to Wine Industry Advisor for the pasts 18 months and recently came on board as the publication’s...
A Zinfandel cluster in Stampede Vineyard (Clements Hills), a vineyard now prized by contempory style producers for the high acidity in its high-skin-to-juice ratio grapes.
Op Ed: Dear Sommeliers, It's OK to Like Zinfandel
This op is written from a sommelier’s perspective. I know a lot of them because I was a sommelier who worked in restaurants for over 28 years, and am currently affiliated SOMM Journal. —Randy Caparoso...
Harvesting Nebbiolo grapes in Serralunga, Italy. Grapes will be used in the process to make Barolo, one of the most famous red wine.
Opinion: Natural Winemaking Is the Most Natural Thing
Hands off those vines, hands off those wines—what comes naturally should be respected —Randy Caparoso I love natural style wines. In fact, I’m partial to them, and for good reason: Because wines...
Debra Parker Wong
Turning the Tables on Deborah Parker Wong
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers.
Left: galets in Chateauneuf-du-Pape / Flickr; Right: Lodi’s sandy loam soil / Randy Caparoso Photography
Nothing Wrong with Hot Climate Winegrowing
Some of the best wines of the Old and New World are produced in hot climate regions. —Randy Caparoso I once attended a Hospice du Rhône in Paso Robles—which used to be a yearly (but is now an occasional)...
Kimmeridgean soils contain fossilized oyster shells / Courtesy Vins de Bourgogne
In Defense of Terroir
—Randy Caparoso Does wine-related terroir exist anymore? This is a valid question, even if a silly one. Of course, terroir exists. If it doesn’t, entire belief systems built upon the premise that terroir...
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir flight / Randy Caparoso photography
Redefining the Definition of Balanced Wine
And eliminating high-alcohol cancel culture —Randy Caparoso Talking about “balanced wine” used to be perfectly acceptable—until about ten years ago, when the term suddenly became politicized. People started...
An interesting chart of umami-rich foods copped from the book, “Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste,” by Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Stybaek, published 2015
Effects of Umami in Wines and Foods
What is umami and why should wine lovers care? Haven’t foods and wines become complicated enough without having to understand one more odd sounding concept? The simple answer is this: When you think...
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Turning the Tables on Anatoli Levine
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers. We hope you’ll discover more about the wine writers you know, and learn about many others. The objective...
Rous Vineyard - Zinfandel planted 1909
Progress of Terroir-Focused Lodi Wines
Terroir is a French term that entails the natural environmental factors, such as climate, soil, topography, aspect, elevation, latitude, etc., that have a direct effect on grape qualities, and ultimately...
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