May 5, 2025
Cinco de Mayo is one of those Americanized holidays that claims to celebrate a foreign culture but often ends up reducing it to caricature—piñatas, sombreros, and tequila slammers. As the true significance of the day drifts further from its Mexican... News Tagged: Interview
How to Navigate our June Tour in CA
June 7, 2023
This year, our classic June Tour, where we showcase latest releases from our German and Austrian growers, will look a little different! We are partnering with The German Wine Collection to produce a tasting like no other. For the first... How to Navigate our June Tour in NYC
This year, our classic June Tour, where we showcase latest releases from our German and Austrian growers, will look a little different! We are partnering with The German Wine Collection to produce a tasting like no other. For the first...
JAX – The Quintessential Small, Family Winery of the Napa Valley
January 25, 2023
Above: Dan Parrott, Kimberly Jackson, & Trent Jackson. Hand-harvested, family-owned, & earth-friendly Napa Valley wines. The team at JAX is innovative, agile, and perhaps best of all, is producing some of the most competitive expressions of Napa and Sonoma out... Peter-Allan Finlayson on Gabrielskloof and Crystallum
September 14, 2022
With a winemaking tradition dating back to the 17th century and a diversity of terroir rivaling any of its northern hemisphere counterparts, it should come as no surprise that South Africa is producing some of the most compelling wines in... An Interview with Pepe Raventós: The Prince of the Penedès
September 1, 2022
Many consider Raventós i Blanc to be one of the finest, if not the finest, producer of sparkling wine in Spain—and beyond. It’s always a pleasure to sit down and catch up with twenty-first (!) generation proprietor Pepe Raventós, especially... The Ballad of Ballard Canyon – Peter Stolpman on Stolpman Vineyards
June 15, 2022
Stolpman Vineyards’ story is reminiscent of the early pioneers of American winegrowing; they started with a dream of cultivating the land with their family and producing world class wine. Since then, their family has grown to include a full-time staff... An Interview with Carlo Mondavi: Sustaining 100 years of Mondavi Family Winemaking
April 27, 2022
At RAEN, brothers Carlo and Dante Mondavi, continue the pursuit of not only their dreams of making Pinot Noir, but also the one-hundred-year legacy of family love and dedication to the grape. Carlo pushes toward a truly ‘sustainable’ legacy of... Harmon Skurnik Joins MJ Towler on The Black Wine Guy Experience!
August 31, 2021
THE BLACK WINE GUY EXPERIENCE It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right: Harmon Skurnik on the Importance of Tasting and Talent Season 2, Ep. 25 Harmon brings four wines to the table while he and MJ talk candidly about the past,... TERROIR TALK: Pierre Girardin’s Beginnings, Philosophy, & Expressions of Meursault, Volnay, and Pommard
January 15, 2021
Pierre-Vincent Girardin is the 13th generation of his family to make wine in Burgundy. When his father, Vincent Girardin, sold his domaine in 2011, he kept 4.5 hectares of his best sites to one day pass on to his son....