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,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Based on a survey of 600 wineries and on how it understands the economy, Silicon Valley Bank is predicting that you will buy 11…
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Ralph Modena is not a guy who runs into a store, picks up an item, pays, and exits silently, especially when he visits Italy.…
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In 2010, the United States surpassed France as the largest wine consuming nation in the world, thanks in large part to the Millenial generation…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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