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Vintage Angst
Californians are always talking about the weather, which no doubt seems strange to the rest of the world. Considering that the climate is temperate, most people…
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New White Wine Makes a Splash
These days, whenever I ask winemakers what’s new, the answer is always the same whether they reside in California or Italy. Without hesitation, they answer “white…
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Disclosing the Ingredients in Wine
The most often repeated sentence among winemakers is “Wine is made in the vineyard,” or stated differently, “You can’t make good wine without good fruit.” The…
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Tracking Your Package
When I started Celebrations Wine Club about 18 years ago with direct mail marketing, a friend said, “You should have a website.” I replied, “What’s that?”…
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Prognosis for 2011: Increase in Fine Wine Consumption
Based on a survey of 600 wineries and on how it understands the economy, Silicon Valley Bank is predicting that you will buy 11 to 15…
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Off the Beaten Path With Ralph Modena
Ralph Modena is not a guy who runs into a store, picks up an item, pays, and exits silently, especially when he visits Italy. If he…
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Americans Learning to Love Wine
In 2010, the United States surpassed France as the largest wine consuming nation in the world, thanks in large part to the Millenial generation in its…
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Reducing, Reusing, & Recycling Glass
Until recently, we’ve taken our wine bottles for granted. We appreciate their ability to preserve their contents, and we admire their esthetics, which in important ways…
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Vintage Report 2010
You know there’s trouble on the ground when California winemakers describe the fruit they’ve just harvested as having “outstanding” acid, a descriptor that they would have…
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Deliciously Unnatural Wine
Today, most wine is more delicious than it has ever been in the long history of its existence, which dates back to the Garden of Eden.…
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