Reading List: February 6, 2022
Cheese, pizza, prawns, wine, and baseball
viticulture
Reading List: January 23, 2022
Traditional drinks, modern palates, and the evolving social and agriculture landscape
Reading List: January 16, 2022
Seed saving, heritage foods, regenerative organic agriculture, and who owns the term “Gruyère”
Making Wine More Sustainable
Three small ideas (that are easier said than done)
Own-Rooted: A Vine Stock Nursery Story
Washington’s soils create an uncommon opportunity for viticulturists: a nursery of own-rooted vines
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part One
The biodynamic winemaker on philosophy, technology, modernity, and his young but vital project.
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part Two
The conversation continues, mostly about the translation of substance into essence.
Black Spirit, Bright Wine
The luminous wines of Ànima Negra reflect Mallorca’s shimmering, indigenous soul.
Oregon Pinot Noir, Sustainably Made
Wines from small producers committed to sustainability in the vineyard and the cellar.
I’d Say A Lot: Heritage and Diversity at Parés Baltà
A glimpse of the buzzing, thriving, chaotic vitality of Parés Baltà, and of the family who makes the wines.
A Harvest Visit With Emmanuel Lassaigne of Champagne Jacques Lassaigne
Emmanuel Lassaigne’s old-school winemaking yields Champagnes of crystalline transparency.
Kathleen Inman on Bionic Gardening, Carbonic Pinot, And Why She Never Serves Cheese With Her Wine
Inman’s wines are suffused with grace and élan, the beautiful results of work that begins with soil.