“Not every wine has to be big and jammy and bold,” says Esja owner and winemaker Tanya Bjornsson. “I think more and more people are leaning towards picking earlier.” Indeed, Bjornsson and her Esja wines Read more...
The following article was written by Michael Fagin. Fagin is an operational meteorologist providing weather forecasts to clients in the Pacific Northwest and providing custom forecast for groups climbing Mt. Everest and other major peaks. Fagin Read more...
Prospice Wines’ origin story sounds much like the beginning of a joke. A lawyer and an architect walk into a vineyard. The winery’s website even notes as such. If so, the punchline is that together Read more...
The AI is, generally speaking, either largely correct or flat out wrong, with a troubling tendency to bullshit ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots have dominated the news recently. Last weekend, I asked ChatGPT a Read more...
There are a variety of closure types in the wine industry. The most common closures are natural corks, closures made from ground-up natural corks (such as agglomerated and micro-agglomerated closures), screwcaps, and synthetics. (See explanations Read more...
Sean Boyd of Sightglass Cellars in Woodinville grew up in the wine industry.Born in Colorado, Boyd spent his early years in San Diego where his father, Gerald D. Boyd, was editor of Wine Spectator in its earliest days when Read more...
A cool, wet start to the growing season contributed to a delayed harvest and a very large crop. An unseasonably warm October both rescued the vintage and resulted in high quality. Read Read more...
After my tastings notes, I am now listing certain closure types, specifically, wines that use alternative closures. Personally, I am much more likely to buy a wine and buy it in some quantity if I know Read more...
When Jessica Munnell of Wautoma Springs had her first child, she did what any winemaker would do. She started a winery. “I decided this was my opportunity to start my own thing as a way Read more...
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