Why Spanish Winemakers Are Exploring the Still Side of Cava
Cava, the widely recognized sparkling wine of Catalonia, Spain, is produced in the traditional method from a unique blend of...
Winemakers
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...
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...
Five Incubators Creating the Next Generation of Winemakers
There’s no magic recipe for turning grapes into wine that will launch a successful brand. Passion, perseverance, talent and luck...
The Sonoma Winemakers Devoted to ‘Complete Control and a Sense of Place’
The French word for a monopoly, monopole, refers to a vineyard site from which one producer sources grapes exclusively, a...
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...
The Italian Winemakers Reviving an Ancient Region
In the northernmost province of Basilicata, which stretches up from the arch of Italy’s boot, lies a mountainous, wild area....
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...
German Winemakers’ Underwater Escape | Wine-Searcher News & Features
Germany's devastating floods have caused chaos. One winery's tale was more like an action movie than a news story. The...
Winemakers in this Italian Region Eschew Oak for Cherry Wood
“In the past, wooden barrels had a simple function, and that was to transport wine from one place to another,”...
