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Op Ed: What Do Wine Consumers Really Want?
They want what they want. —Randy Caparoso What do wine lovers want? On one hand, every other day there seems to be a new “natural wine bar” popping up in cities big and small. On the other...
Happy New Year / Kelly Sikkema for Unsplash
Wine Industry Advisor's Top Articles of 2021
In 2021, Wine Industry Advisor increased its focus on creating original editorial content. We’ve enhanced our list of contributors to include some of the industry’s best wine writing talent,...
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Op Ed: Wine Consumer Preferences Are a Reflection of the Industry
Consumers are not stupid. There, that’s the crux of this entire op-ed. Although I do have something to add: If consumers are stupid, it’s only because We assume that about them. We treat them...
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Afternoon Brief, October 20th
UCI Researcher Gets NSF-Backed Grant to Study Wildfires’ Effects on Farmworkers: One particular concern stems from the experiences of farmworkers asked to safeguard crops – wine grapes – from smoke and...
Kimmeridgean soils contain fossilized oyster shells / Courtesy Vins de Bourgogne
Opinion: Minerality in Terms of Terroir
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...
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 This...
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...
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Afternoon Brief, September 1st
Paso Robles' Justin Vineyards and Winery Buys Napa's Lewis Cellars: Justin's owner, the Wonderful Company, aims to expand Lewis' audience while adding a luxury brand to their portfolio...
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)...
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Afternoon Brief, August 25th
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 TRENDING STORY   WIN’s packXplore Conference Studies Consumer Acceptance of Nontraditional Wine Packaging Wine Industry Network continues to keep the industry informed...
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