Women and the Wine Industry
I want to end 2017 with the most important piece I’ve written all year: Beyond the Wine Glass—A New Glass Ceiling? This article appears in the current edition of Somm Journal along with photos of the fifty women I interviewed and is based on my keynote speech at the...
What Is a Sexy Wine?
Last week, WineSpeed reader Terry R. from Lincoln, California, wrote in with a question I’d never been asked before. Terry said, “I’ve seen you and other writers use the term ‘sexy wine.’ What exactly is a sexy wine?” I have to admit, I had to think about my answer....
How to Marry Rich
(And How to Help)
By Karen MacNeil Dungeness Crab season has just opened—the first time it’s opened beforeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
The End of Nature?
If any industry should be panicked by Donald Trump’s decision to disengage the United States from the Paris climate accord, it is our own. That decision—as depressing, infuriating, and frightening as it was—was also something more. It was a step toward the negation...
Should You Give Your Kids Wine?
In the Napa Valley where I live, most kids taste wine.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Jeroboam
The name used in Burgundy and Champagne for a large bottle containing the equivalent of four standard bottles, or 3 liters of wine. (Jeroboams are also referred to as The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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