Winemakers Embrace Agroforestry Amid Climate Change
Many vineyards are monocultures, or plots devoted to one crop, and, as such, they face extreme weather conditions and climate...
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All Change at Champagne Henriot
Henriot has been quietly producing excellent wines for more than 200 years, but it moves with the times. © Henriot...
The Struggle to Fight Climate Change in Bordeaux
Bordeaux is in crisis. It’s a slow, simmering crisis, but a crisis nevertheless. Climate change is altering the region and...
Winemakers Are Poised to Lose Another Vital Tool to Climate Change
Grapes are extremely malleable. Plant the same grape variety in different soils, alter the length of time they’re fermented or...
Viticulturist Mimi Casteel on Her “No-Till” Farming Approach to Combat Climate Change
Mimi Casteel is deeply rooted to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She grew up at her parents’ trailblazing winery, Bethel Heights, in...
European Winemakers Reconsider Still and Fortified Wines Amid Climate Change
For years, Bollinger’s La Côte aux Enfants was Champagne’s most prominent still wine. In summer 2019, however, Charles Heidsieck launched...
Brave Noise: A Collaboration Brew Uniting the Beer Industry for Real Change
On May 11, 2021, Brienne Allan, a production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Mass., asked women in beer about...
Climate Change Forces California Winemakers to Reconsider What Grapes Grow Where
For decades, California winemakers have long thought of the Winkler Index as gospel. Developed in the 1940s by two professors...
Amid Climate Change, Napa Goes Beyond Cabernet
Once upon a time, Americans struggled to pronounce words like “Cabernet Sauvignon” and “Petit Verdot.” Might we struggle soon with...
Virtual Classes and Tastings Change the Wine World’s Barrier to Entry
James Abraham, a 40-year-old member of the Army Reserves, enrolled in a digital wine course while deployed in Eastern Africa...
