By Kathleen Willcox
As any CEO (or parent) worth their salt knows, going out and doing the thing — instead of pontificating about the importance of going out and doing the thing — is the best way...
By Kathleen Willcox
Deborah Brenner built her career on creating spaces for and celebrating women in places where, while they weren’t necessarily unwelcome, they certainly weren’t a notable...
By Kathleen Willcox
Duff Bevill grew up in Southern California, and says he “couldn’t wait” to “get away from L.A. and get to farmland up north.” That passion for Northern California’s green spaces...
Is there a way for brands to meet the lofty expectations of guests
without scaring them away with sky-high fees?
By Kathleen Willcox
In 2019, wine tasting fees and experiences ran the gamut from...
How a widely dismissed trellising system can boost productivity and quality
By Kathleen Willcox
Wine styles and production methods fall in and out of fashion: just consider the ubiquity, disappearance...
Producers are rethinking their devotion to the nobles.
By Kathleen Willcox
The last few years have not been kind to vitis vinifera. Damage from wildfires, hail storms, late and then early...
By Carl Giavanti
Kathleen Willcox is a freelance journalist whose work covers wine, beer, food and culture. She writes for Liquor.com, Wine Searcher, Wine Enthusiast and other publications (including...
The climate is changing, and overall is trending warmer.
That trend is “unequivocally” tied to human activity, and is “proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented over millennia,” according to NASA. The...
Winemaking sometimes feels like an Olympic sport. It’s a practice so honed and perfected by training, technology and centuries of experience, the difference between mere excellence and being the best in...
We’ve all seen the headlines and read the stark reports: climate change, and the unexpected frosts, hailstorms, droughts, floods, and fires that come along with it threaten to shrink the regions suitable...
