In the immortal words of Kermit the frog, “it isn’t easy being green.” That’s especially true when you’re trying to hit sustainability targets in Italy’s rainiest—and therefore, one of its most disease-prone—winegrowing regions: Collio. During a (somewhat) recent media jaunt to the area, a handful of Collio’s winemakers described what it takes to make wines…
Rosé Is NOT Wine’s Troubled Middle Child (Making the Case For World-Class Pink at NVWA)
My latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is live, and in it I pull no punches when it comes to defending pink vino: What Can We Learn from the World’s Top Rosé Wines?. The short version of the story: I’m sick and tired of the wine world treating Rosé like wine’s troubled…
Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for June 5, 2023
A New Era (Dispatch From Collio, Part 2)
Generally, I am not at all a fan of most gender-focused/themed wine experiences. I mean, yes, we certainly need to support and call attention to groups of people who have been historically underrepresented in any given sphere such as wine, BUT… in my mind, we have winemakers. Some happen to identify as men, some as…