The inaugural Desert WineFest is coming to Rancho Mirage – the heart of California’s Coachella Valley!
Over the two-day Fest, attendees will be able to taste hundreds of wines and craft...
Each year, we celebrate the grape harvest by inviting our friends to join our member wineries to get in on the most exciting time of year. Visit our participating wineries where you will be welcomed to...
New technology is helping consumers make smarter wine choices.
By Gordon Feller
If you’ve ever felt intimidated when choosing a bottle of wine, you’re not alone. Today, a growing group of companies aim...
—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...
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...
Majestic Wine to buy online retailer Naked Wines: Majestic Wine is to buy online rival Naked Wines for 70m GBP in a deal that puts the web retailer's founder, Rowan Gormley, in charge...
Shoppers should take care when buying wine in clear glass bottles, says Wotwine, after 35% of wines in clear glass out of the 6,000 wines it sampled in the last two years exhibited signs of damage from...
Henry “Hoby” Wedler; Tasting in the Dark
by Elizabeth Hans McCrone
‘Blind tasting’ is more of a figurative than literal term. It usually refers to hiding the identity of wines during sensory...
There are people in the Wine Industry that don’t own vineyards or make wine, yet their impact on our business is indisputable. They are the people behind our winery associations, our media and our trade...
It’s interesting these days to look at the results of wine competitions around the country that are open for entry to national and, in some cases, international wines. These days we are seeing a much larger...
