I live in California which has the highest share of undocumented crop workers in the country. But California is not alone. In the U.S. as a whole, 42% of agricultural workers are undocumented according to… Continue reading
My parents, like so many of the generation who became parents in the 1940s and 50s, drank spirits—in their case, Seagrams whiskey highballs. They drank a lot of them. Too many in fact. As a… Continue reading
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading
I have been a wine writer for nearly 40 years. And yet, for the first time in my career, I’m worried. Despondent even. Wine writing as a profession, a craft, even sometimes an art, is… Continue reading
Over the last few days, I’ve felt there is a lot of darkness in the… Continue reading
One of the ways you know you’re reading a great wine book is that you… Continue reading
Our Spotlight last week on vintner Ashley Trout’s fiery decision to submit her wines exclusively… Continue reading
Chris Carpenter has been the longtime winemaker of Cardinale, La Jota, Lokoya, and Mt. Brave—four… Continue reading
Four years ago, the World Economic Forum reported that extreme, volatile weather events would cause… Continue reading
I read recently about a dangerous animal quest. Two friends, a writer and a biologist,… Continue reading
I wrote the following poem on the evening of September 21, 2022 after attending a… Continue reading
The biomolecular archeologist Patrick McGovern has said, “We are set up as biological creatures to… Continue reading
