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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Celebrate Biodynamic's 100th Birthday at Oregon's Biodynamic Wineries Tasting Saturday, June 8

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Oregon's always had more than its fair share of biodynamic wineries...and that's good news. Back in 2018, the numbers looked like th...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Taste Moon Mountain District at its Big June 1 Event

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The 2023 masterclass on Moon Mountain District  When I first started writing about wine in 2011, I began researching certified organic estat...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Is the Wine Industry Sexist? Good News and Bad

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Just thought I would post here about the new article I wrote for WineBusiness.com on women and men and gender inequality/equality in the wi...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

GET THIS Essential Guide: The Signature Wines of Superior California by Mike Dunne PLUS TERRA MADRE EVENTS

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You might think that Sacramento Bee's veteran wine journalist and feature writer Mike Dunne's new book is about wines. But, as with...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Extra Love | Old Vines That Are Organically Certified at the Historic Vineyard Society Tasting

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The Corison family's historic Cabernet vines  in their Kronos Vineyard in Napa waited 50 years  to get on the Historic Vineyard Society...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Monsanto Glyphosate Court Case to Be Made into a Major Motion Picture with Hollywood Stars (Think Laura Dern)

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Carey Gillam, the top journalist reporting on the glyphosate court cases, announced today that the story told in her book The Monsanto Paper...
Friday, May 3, 2024

New! Details about Terra Madre Event Coming Up in Sacramento with Slow Food and Slow Wine USA

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For complete details with links visit:  https://www.slowfood.com/press-releases/terra-madre-americas-warms-up/ The first edition of Terra Ma...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Wine Critic Miguel Hudin calls Slow Wine Guide, "An ethos of sanity in what is an insane world"

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We at Slow Wine Guide USA are celebrating over some incredible praise from wine writer and critic Miquel Hudin .  He writes, "...the ma...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Happy Earth Day–Let's Scale!: Organic is Grow-Grow-Growing in Lodi

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Lodi for all its historic charm has never been a hot bed of organic wine grape growing...and more's the pity.  A few brave souls, Tegan ...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Slow Food's Terra Madre of the Americas May 18-19 (and Trade Tasting on 20th) Launches in Sacramento with Slow Wine USA Masterclasses!

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You may have heard of the granddaddy of all food events, the Slow Food movement's Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, which takes place every ...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Spring is Here and So Are the Roundup Documentaries: "Into the Weeds" Documentary Launches on Amazon Prime and Apple TV

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A Canadian documentary filmmaker's in depth look at the first major court case on the herbicide Roundup is now available to rent or buy ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

How a Salad Bar Disaster Changed the Course of U.S. Wine History

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Since Pix.com is no more, I'm bringing back an important article I wrote for them (which launched to high praise). The history of the no...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Napa Filmmaker's Herbicide Documentary, Children of the Vine, Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video

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On March 4, Brian Lilla's film Children of the Vine  launched on Amazon Prime Video, bringing it to wider audiences. The platform has 2...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Slow Wine USA's Organic and Biodynamic Contingent at the Annual Slow Wine Tour in San Francisco

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One need not be organic or biodynamic to be included in Slow Wine USA 's annual guide, but it's always a pleasure to showcase the pr...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Veneto, Verona, Valpolicella, Valentina–"Would You Like to Taste My Wine?" | Women's History Month Featured Winery

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Valentina and her daughter Paola at their Valpolicella estate near Verona As we head into the final days of Women's History month, I wan...