Wine Packaging and Sustainability: What to Expect in 2022 and Beyond
Sustainability is a broad topic in agriculture today, but to be truly sustainable, the practice and its principles must extend to all aspects of production. From grape to glass...
Volcanic Wines are Having a Moment
There’s a lot of buzz around volcanic wines these days – but what are they? How are volcanic wines different? Are they good quality? Do they age well? So...
What Wine Pairs with Ham?
I know we’re all thinking along the same lines right now — what wine pairs with ham? As we approach the holidays, many of us are planning meals in...
Why Does Red Wine Give Me a Headache?
If you get a headache every time you drink red wine, it’s easy to understand why you avoid it. But if white wine and rosé wine doesn’t give you...
Wine and Music: At the Intersection of Two of the Most Pleasurable Things in Life
Ah, music. Ah, wine. There is likely nothing in the universe more subjective or hotly debated than these two things. We go on at length about this band, that...
How to Open a Wax Capped Wine Bottle Video
Have you ever purchased a bottle of wine where the top of the bottle was dipped in wax? Did you have problems cutting around the top of the bottle...
A winemaker on a mission — in wine, and far more importantly, life
By Rick VanSickle I do not remember the first time I met Brian Schmidt. It was pre-twactor tweet era, that’s for certain, and it really goes all the way...
Saving Wine Careers at NVWA
(image: NVWA) For you students of the vine, my latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is now available, with the not-so-modest title “The Online Subscription That...
Spooky Spirits
Content Navigation Ideas For A BOOzy Halloween Party KAH Tequila Anejo Bone-Chilling Blackberry Margarita Crystal Head Vodka The Creepy Cosmo Kraken Rum Pirate’s Blood Mozart Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Spiked...
Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on
The live and online 38th Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction runs from 30 September to 1 October. The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil...