winemaking
How Climate Change Will Completely Transform Wine as We Know It
As the planet warms, time-honored wine-producing regions are becoming inhospitable to classic grape varietals. Forget France: Iceland and the Yukon might be the appellations of the future.
What Will Happen to Brangelina's Critically-Acclaimed Vineyard?
Who knows? Maybe their split wasn’t actually caused by Marion Cotillard or child abuse, but disagreements over making a fabled “Super Provence” wine.
Why Portland’s Best Natural Urban Winery Is Breaking Every Rule in the Book
All of Teutonic Wine Company's wines are sour-forward, light in tannins, very full-bodied, and will most likely knock your socks off, no matter if you are a beer or wine person. The urban winery is located in the middle of Portland, Oregon.
Meet the Winemaker Who Wants Us to Love Grappa
Grappa, the Italian liquor made from leftover grape skins, is usually associated with holiday-ruining hangovers—something Devon winemaker Cosmo Caddy wants to change. “Our grappa is more refined than the stuff you’ve had on ski trips,” he says.
The Hippies Are Right, Eco-Friendly Wine Really Does Taste Better
A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has found that wine made with organic grapes is rated by experts as tasting better than that produced using conventional methods.
How a Guy from Arizona Ended Up Running a One-Man Winery in Argentina
Brennan Firth moved to Mendoza from the US nine years ago to work the grape harvest and never went back. He now works nonstop in the Maipú region as a small-lot wine producer.
Making Wine, Not War, in Lebanon
"We bring grape samples by taxi from Syria to decide when to harvest there," says Karim Saadé, a winemaker based in Lebanon who sources grapes from across the border. "We’ve adapted to the situation."
Chilean Wineries Need to Earthquake-Proof Their Stock
Chile is famous for wine and earthquakes, which can be a disastrous combination as glass bottles are an all-too-vulnerable casualty of shaken earth and collapsing buildings.
These Winemaking Punks Are Bringing Anarchy to the Vineyard
An anonymous "punk" winemaking collective is shaking up France's wine scene. Like the original punks of the 70s, their aim is to bring anarchy—albeit to the elitist wine industry.
Inside Mexico’s 'Naked' Wine Revolution
With Mexico's wine industry taking off, the producers at the Bichi winery in Tecate are trying to introduce natural wines and little-known grapes to the mainstream.
Angry French Farmers Poured 90,000 Bottles of Spanish Wine Down the Drain
Farmers protesting foreign food imports at a border crossing between France and Spain ransacked five Spanish wine trucks this week, draining the equivalent of 90,000 bottles.
Meet the 94-Year-Old Behind LA's Longest-Running Winery
Stefano Riboli immigrated to Los Angeles in the mid-1930s to assist his uncle in producing wine at San Antonio Winery, which still exists on the same grounds today.