August 24, 2026 (Riparbella, Italy) — Nestled among the gentle hills of Riparbella on the Tuscan Coast, Caiarossa is best understood as a mosaic rather than a single, uniform vineyard. Here, the...
August 18, 2026 (Stonewall, TX) — Napa Valley-based wine brand THE DEBATE announces its expansion into Texas Hill Country with the development of a new tasting room and hospitality destination. Known...
July 13, 2026 (Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona) — Bodegas Pinord has further strengthened the international reputation of organic and biodynamic viticulture in the Penedès after its Lluna Plena...
A writer remembers words of wisdom from a true winemaking legend.
By Randy Caparoso
The late André Tchelistcheff, Beaulieu Vineyards‘ winemaker from 1938 to 1968, was a giant among men. Not...
How can we end the dumbing down of wine conversations?
By Randy Caparoso
Before you go jumping to conclusions about the nature of my incendiary question, let me be clear about who I’m targeting.
Natural...
Today’s cutting-edge wines are more terroir-expressive than the usual commercial styles. What I don’t get, though, is how formulaic it’s all become.
By Randy Caparoso
I love alternative...
—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...
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...
“I was once like the Indiana Jones of Himalayan geology,” said Kevin Pogue PhD. He explains the cultural, political and topographical setting of his research sites in northwestern Pakistan would have made...
Napa Vineyard Worker Dies After Getting Pulled into Grape-Picking Machine: A worker was killed Monday afternoon at a Napa vineyard after getting stuck in a grape harvesting machine. The Napa man was working...
There is some kismet in that the co-founders of the San Francisco biotech company, which has done groundbreaking work in identifying the microbiome fingerprint of vineyard soil are part of families that...
When one brings up the concept of terroir—a French wine term used to describe a wine's "sense of place"—you realize the importance that extraordinary vineyard soils have on producing truly exceptional...
Strong Competition in Wine Sales Will Increase: The 2017 Wine Business Monthly rankings are out, and the results highlight what everyone in the wine business already knows: The competition in the world...
La Brea Bakery takes a page out of the wine industry’s playbook with their new La Brea Bakery Reserve line of farm designated breads and asks the consumer to taste the terroir of Big Sky Country, Montana...
Winegrape Quality Paradigms: Observation and Explanation was the topic of Thursdaynight’s Luminarias talk, sponsored at SHED, Healdsburg, by the Healdsburg Literary Guild. The speaker was Professor Mark...
On the west coast, hybrid grapes may hardly make a din in winemaking conversations, being chiefly used in the production of table wines and eating grapes. However, on the east coast where winemaking is...
