Warren Winiarski tells the story, almost 40 years later, and there is still enthusiasm in his voice. He was at his parents' home on Chicago's West Side when his wife called from California. “They had a tasting in France,” she told him on that day toward the end of May
In the old days, Alice Feiring knew exactly what she needed to do to launch her natural wine newsletter – find a publisher willing to give her an advance. But the old days are gone, and publishers are worrying about other things, like staying in business. So Feiring, perhaps the
There's a rather feisty attitude among many wine drinkers, buyers, sellers and writers who inhabit "the other 47." With panel topics like, "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Vinifera," wine fans who don't live in California, Washington or Oregon gathered in-read more-
Here's a news flash: not all American wine comes from California, Oregon and Washington. Really. That's the message that Dave McIntyre, wine columnist for The Washington Post, and Jeff Siegel, a Texas wine writer known as The Wine Curmudgeon, wanted-read more-