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RECAPPING 2024’S ALEXANDER VALLEY CABERNET ACADEMY by Jessie Birschbach Photo Credit: All photos by CW HOWARD PHOTO In my dreams, I dined at the Montage Healdsburg with the same convivial

by Bob Paulinski, MW Australia is a vast country with a diverse wine culture that stretches across more than 60 regions; in terms of production by volume, it currently ranks

story by   Ruth Tobias     photos by  Steph Meyers Even by California’s high standards, the Scharffenberger Cellars estate in the Anderson Valley town of Philo is bucolic. Gently rolling hills surround

by Randy Caparoso During my 25 or so years as an on-premise wine buyer, I had distributor and supplier colleagues who were my best friends—or my worst enemies. An enemy,

by Jill Barth With more than 2.6 million residents, Chicago is big enough to attract the world’s attention yet small enough to foster community. It also has just the right

EXPLORING THE ECOLOGY OF WINE by Chris Howard “I feel with sustained pleasure that love has returned to the space of viticulture—a love characterized by humility in the face of the

by Liz Thach, MW Many experts will tell you that one of the most challenging foods to pair with wine is asparagus, yet during spring, fresh asparagus makes frequent appearances

by Deborah Parker Wong In 2019, Jordan Vineyard & Winery published a tasting map that listed almost 40 Napa and Sonoma wineries known for making elegant wines with less than 14%

THE CAMARADERIE THAT DEFINES THE “NEXT GREAT AMERICAN WINE REGION” WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AT ITS ANNUAL CAB CAMP story by Kate Newton | photos by Rafael Peterson PERCHED 2,200 feet

OUR LANGUEDOC SEMINAR AT SOMMCON 2023 REVEALED THE REGION’S STRIKING TRANSFORMATION