How much would you spend on an idea that every analyst says is dying? This spring, Constellation Brands answered: two hundred million dollars.The Robert Mondavi Winery reopened in Oakville in April…
Jacqueline Coleman is a fourth-generation Miamian who hasbeen covering South Florida wine since 2013 — but the whole thing started in Virginia, where a DC day job and a weekend discovery that there…
This week: Amanda McCrossin —SommVivant — on why the wine industry doesn’t have a simplification problem, ithas a translation problem.Amanda is a certified sommelier who ran the wine program at PRESS…
Four guys at a steakhouse order bourbon, an old fashioned, and a beer — and the guy who actually wants the Barolo orders bourbon anyway. This week's essay is about that hesitation. Wine is five…
This week: Raj Parr — one of the most influential sommeliers America has produced — on why he left the dining room for the dirt.Raj ran the wine program for the Michael Mina Restaurant Group,…
In 1993, a working actor planted five acres of pinot noir at the bottom of the world, in a region most people said was too cold to grow anything serious. His neighbors thought it was ahobby.Sam Neill…
What did your parents actually drink — not what they taught you about wine, but what was in the fridge? This week is a solo essay about that question, and the pattern it reveals: every generation…
This week: Karen MacNeil —author of The Wine Bible, creator of WineSpeed, and founder of Come Over October — on the improbable road from a runaway teenager drinking 89-cent Bulgarian reds to the most…
This week: Michael Amorosia — founder of The Amorosia Cellar and former frontman of the faceless hardcore band REACTIONS — on why “wine is failing the room,” and how to make it the move for the next…
The most personal essay Jon has shared on this show.It starts at a graduation — a giant fairground hall, his son crossing a stage on a monitor from thirty rows back, eighteen years condensed into a…
