November 3, 2021
Adopting this new vineyard technology is critical to the California grape industry.
—Tom Shapland, PhD, CEO and cofounder of Tule Technologies
Anything humans can observe with their eyes a computer can...
October 27, 2021
An increase in wine club convenience equates to an increase in wine club members and membership retention.
—Zach Kamphuis, general manager, Commerce7
Why should a consumer sign up for a wine club instead...
October 21, 2021
This Expert Q & A features Rosa Noble, hospitality and DTC Manager for Judd’s Hill Winery & MicroCrush, and Jennie Gilbert, founder of Red Chirp, who will be speaking at this year’s...
October 20, 2021
Terroir as like a tree falling in a forest. Just because you don’t hear it, it doesn’t mean it didn’t fall.
—Randy Caparoso
I think that the one aspect of terroir-related qualities that we...
October 13, 2021
Retailers engaged in direct-to-consumer (DtC) shipping of beverage alcohol have faced unexpected setbacks in the last few months.
—Alex Koral, Regulatory General Counsel, Sovos ShipCompliant
Primarily,...
October 6, 2021
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...
September 29, 2021
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
This...
September 15, 2021
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...
September 8, 2021
“Turning the Tables – Interviewing the Interviewers” is a Q&A series profiling Wine Writers.
September 1, 2021
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)...









