Where Vines and Wetlands Mesh
Thirty years ago, sheep herders struggled to feed their families in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. There were then only one or two wineries in the region. Today, dozens of vineyards…
A Book and a Bottle
As a break from reading about people who work with wine (which is the subject of the forthcoming book Vino Expressions - People, Wine, and Loving Work), let's experiment with a new notion here. Rather…
Irish Wine
The Irish village of Lusk, from the Gaelic word Lusca - meaning cave, is located 22 kilometers north of the city of Dublin. The visual centerpiece of the village is a beautiful fusion of…
A Hunter Valley Hero
In the Hunter Valley of Australia, a few hours drive to the north east of the city of Sydney, Robyn Drayton runs a winery that she took over after her parents…
Heartland Vintage
North of Kansas City, Missouri, the temperature swings to the high seventies. Bright cumulus clouds linger in a blue sky. In the countryside on the outskirts of Platte City rises the home of Jason…
Galician Art
“Everybody loves money and everybody runs after money. Sometimes making wine is like playing in Las Vegas. People, for the pride of having a good wine estate, can lose control…
Chile’s Creator of Worlds
"I had to be in my square meter cubicle at six in the morning and work until six in the afternoon and at the end of the day nobody cared if…
Jailhouse Wine
‘Sam’ has been a house framer for almost thirty years. He has raised two children. He is looking for work. We sit on a public bench in Corona del Mar…
Liquid from Lava
Pico is one of nine volcanic islands that form the Azores, a nifty offbeat location about a third of the distance from Europe to the US – in the Atlantic Ocean. …
Waiheke Warrior
“It gets so flippin’ hot out in that vineyard. These guys work so, so hard. I’m so proud of them. The leaf plucking and all that stuff, if you don’t…