Organic Wines Uncorked

AUDIO OF CELEBRATION OF LIFE NOW ONLINE If you missed the moving memorial celebration of life for Paul Dolan on August 4 at his Dark Horse R...

It was a pleasure to be a witness to and then to write about this amazing gathering honoring organic, biodynamic and regenerative pioneer Pa...

Fun fact: only 5 percent of people ever spend more than $20 on a bottle of wine. The bulk wine show is for the 95 percent. Last year was th...

The insanity of not letting consumers get deposits back on containers may end soon, thanks to California's updates to its bottle bill.  ...

Just posting something I wrote about for WineBusiness.com on risks to wine grapes from a prescribed burn. I am continuing to research prescr...

When I wrote to Full Pour's editor Lauren Buzzeo months ago with several story ideas, an organic explainer was not one of them.  Full Po...

While the U.S. wine industry lags way behind the three main wine producing countries in the EU, with a mere (estimated) three percent of org...

[Clockwise from upper left: Foradori, Zago, Ceretto and Pepe] Quintessa will be hosting a three day, $1,700+ seminar on biodynamics , led by...

Attending the American Society of Enology and Viticulture's sold out climate day session, I was impressed with two, special keynote spea...

For two years in a row I have been impressed with the quality of climate education Napa Green has provided at its RISE GREEN event, featuri...

Enthusiastic fans proudly wearing their berets, one of Grgich's signature looks Saturday hundreds of fans of Grgich Hills wines braved t...

The Dolan family has announced that a memorial for Paul Dolan will be held Friday, August 4th at Dark Horse Vineyards (5341 Old River Road, ...

Paul Dolan speaking in 2018 at the International Biodynamic Wine Conference (in San Francisco) Pioneering organic, biodynamic and regenerati...

Read my latest for WineBusiness.com on how grape growers are joining the growing movement to replenish aquifers and finding groundwater cap...

It was a pleasure to attend two days of festivities celebrating Mike Grgich's 100th birthday, which was part epic wine tasting and part ...

It's thrilling to see our first video book review of Slow Wine Guide 2023 from James the Wine Guy posted on YouTube . James had so many...

Interesting choice of words Typically a wine would say "Made with  Organic Grapes" in the U.S. I was perusing the  Tilia website  ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an in-depth analysis May 1  showing  that three leading insecticides–all of which are neoni...

Governments are flush with funds to handout for ecosystem restoration and resilience, environmental leader Chris Ott tells vintners at Napa ...

As senior wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle. Esther Mobley is arguably California's most important wine writer, so when she spe...

Speaking at Napa Green's Napa RISE event, the groundwater measurement pioneer says more should be done proactively.  Read the story here...

See my article about the inspiring celebration of Rossi Ranch in all its many eras here in WineBusiness.com .

This past week I heard the details ( at Napa Green's Napa Rise climate event)  about a new microgrid installation at Domaine Carneros, w...

It was a pleasure to attend the first of Napa Green's six day Rise Green event and listen to Jancis Robinson's opening talk, which I...

It wasn't easy writing an article on vineyard management software but it was extremely educational and illuminating. Many thanks to the ...

Slow Wine's USA Tour featured dozens of top flight Italian and U.S. producers. (I wrote about the organic American producers who poured...