Call it the nature girl in me. Whatever. I’m simply on a mission to understand the so-called “natural” wine movement and make up my mind about it. Wine is always an education. So naturally (excuse the pun), I went to one of my teachers, Charles Austermuhl, who holds the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) […]
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I’ve hung around enough East Coast winemakers to know they’re passionate about turning raw materials (grapes) into works of art (wine). But something else impresses me about them. They’re so willing to help each other. Now it’s true most of these wineries need alliances and wine trails to keep their small businesses afloat. But need
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I admit it. I’ve always been a bit of a nature girl. In a kayak or on a hike, the sight of a heron, hawk, osprey, or loon sets my heart aflutter. I prefer organically grown vegetables and free-range chicken eggs. Happier chickens, tastier eggs. That’s my mantra. Natural is good, right? A growing number
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Scene opens on a summer evening at a rural Central Pennsylvania winery. Couples and groups arrange themselves on the grass to picnic, drink wine and listen to music. Soon the lawn is a sea of blankets and folding chairs. While guests settle down in these idyllic surroundings, I’m busy lifting and lugging cartons of Chardonnay,
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As someone who consults on wine matters, I feel obligated to keep up on trends. So I follow a few writers, bloggers, and Twitter users whose knowledge and experience add to my understanding of the industry. I don’t care for writers who are pretentious or self-absorbed. I read less for wit than I do for
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