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Posted on And SWIG is back……the pandemic prohibitions are lifting, wine writers are out in the world meeting with winemakers and visiting wineries. We heard about one extended press trip recently which may be one for the record books, so we thought we’d sit down with that writer and ask some questions about how wineries measure up, since we’re all rusty after more than a year of no visitors and Zoom-only meetings. “Deep Glass” (we’re giving the journalist an alias...

Notify me of new posts via email. Wine Predator Gwendolyn Alley, member of the 2019 US Wine Tasting Team MEMBER, 2019 US WINE TASTING TEAM Graduate, VinItaly Wine Ambassador Course After starting my Art Predator blog November 2007, I began Wine Predator and attended the First Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma in 2008, followed by the second in 2009. In November 2009, I went to the European Wine Bloggers Conference then to the Alentejo Region of Portugal on a wine tour sponsored by Enoforum ...

The winemakers and grape growers will broadcast live from several of the 18 different AVAs (wine growing appellations) within Sonoma County. As the region looks ahead to a brighter 2021, the panelists will share their personal stories surrounding sustainability, family and what the future looks like in Sonoma County. The webinar is free and open to all and will be an entertaining and informative experience. The grape growers and winemakers in Sonoma County have long been at the forefront of cre...

Sacramento Magazine your username your email your username your email Liz and Markus Bokisch are local wine visionaries and pioneers. In the late 1990s, they were some of the first in California to wholeheartedly commit to the cultivation and vinification of Spanish grapes in California. Markus’s Catalan heritage, combined with their shared history of living and working in Spain in the early 1990s, inspired the Bokisches to purchase vineyard property in Lodi in 1995 and plan...

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sustainable Wine It’s different than organic — but sorta similar — and becoming more and more popular. By Chelsea Greenwood Mint Images Natural. Organic. Sustainable. Biodynamic. When you’re trying to eat healthily and shop green, you’ll find food and drink with all kinds of labels to get your attention. One of these terms is empty marketing speak (ahem, “natural”) to grab your dollar, while the others speak to a code, a system of s...