Let’s stop calling it ‘smoke taint’
Smoke impact is not binary (Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of articles about smoke impact in wine. Read the first article. Read the second article. Read the third article. Read the Read more...
Time for winemakers to level up on smoke impact
Too many winemakers don’t know enough about the subject (Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles this week on smoke impact in wine. Read the first.) When I first started to Read more...
Coming next week…Smoke Week
Next week, I will be publishing a series of articles about smoke impact in wine. There will be one article each day, Monday through Friday, looking at different aspects of the subject. If you’re not Read more...
Fall subscriber drive
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of year. We’ve reached our annual subscriber drive! I’ll be as blunt as I can be. I need your help. The current contraction of the wine industry, the Read more...
Introducing…the new Wine Search!
The new Wine Search functionality I wrote about last week is now live! It can be accessed from the main menu by clicking Wine Search. (NB: The Wine Search functionality is exclusive to subscribers.) What’s Read more...
New wine search implementation coming
I am in the final phases of implementing a completely new wine search functionality. This is the result of months of effort, tweaking, and beta testing. The result will be what I can confidently say Read more...
Summary of articles September 2026
Below is a summary of articles from September. Enjoy! Summary of articles August 2026 Getting to know Dennis Fraley, the 2026 Allen Shoup Memorial Fellowship recipient Mark Ryan closing Walla Walla tasting room Grosgrain Vineyards: Read more...
Wine reviewing lacks transparency
Review outlets need to stop pretending that tasting wines for review under different conditions doesn’t matter. It does. There are dozens of outlets that review wine. Too few provide information about the conditions under which Read more...
Summary of articles August 2026
Below is a summary of articles from August. Enjoy! Northwest wildfire season accelerates rapidly Woodward Canyon names Kathy Byrd general manager, vice president Quilceda Creek acquires full ownership of Champoux Vineyard What’s working in the Read more...
The long and winding road of Lawrelin Wine Cellars
Kendall Mix, Lawrelin Wine Cellars by Richard Duval “The evolution of Lawrelin is a little bit different than what we originally planned for,” says Kendall Mix, owner and winemaker of Washington’s Lawrelin Wine Read more...
