Three Men, One Shovel: The Single-Vineyard Cabernets of La Pelle
Earlier this year, I wrote up an extensive report on many of the new (to me) producers of Napa Valley
Vinography Images: Vine Hill Hands
The amount of work required to produce the highest quality grapes remains unknown to most wine drinkers. Here a crew
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 7/25/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/18/21
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Vinography Images: Before the Vineyard
Replanting work at Trenton Roadhouse Vineyard in Forestville, California. An immense amount of work and planning goes into the planting
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 7/18/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/11/21
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Vinography Images: Pritchard Moon
A crescent moon rises, to be followed shortly by the dawn framed, by the vineyard rows at Brand Vineyards on
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 7/11/21
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That Heat Dome: How Are Vines Coping?
On 29 June, as the so-called heat dome settled over British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, the weather station near the Red
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 7/4/21
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Vinography Images: So Long, Sucker
A worker suckers vines in Napa’s famed To Kalon vineyard in the Oakville AVA. Suckering is the process of removing
Cold Soul, Warm Heart: The Wines of Alma Fria
There’s one type of article I write here on Vinography that produces equal parts exhilaration and anxiety: when I decide
Wine News: What I’m Reading the Week of 7/4/21
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Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/27/21
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Vinography Images: Cloven Earth
Terraces carved into hillsides in the Cienega Valley are framed by the dark line of the San Andreas Fault, in
Vinography Unboxed: Week of 6/20/21
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The Best Pink Prosecco for Your Fabulous Post-Pandemic Frivolity
Many of us have reason to celebrate, or will soon, as the pandemic gradually recedes from immediate concern and we