Written on February 11 2020. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event.

Temecula meets Italy and the misterious Lambrusca di Alessandria grape

As Italian wine geek I am always on the hunt for Italian varieties grown outside of Italy: it fascinates me to witness how the grape adapts (or not!) to a particular terroir, soil, climate and production...

Written on January 14 2020. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event, Wine Tasting.

SF Chronicle 2020: behind the scenes of the largest North American wine competition

I just came back from one of the most exciting U.S. wine competition I have ever attended. The 20th edition of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition has been a huge learning opportunity for me...

Written on January 2 2020. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event.

New year, new grape varieties for California after 20 years genetic research at UC Davis

For the first time since the 1980s, University of California, Davis, researchers have released new varieties of wine grapes. The five new varieties, three red and two white, are highly resistant to...

Written on December 19 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event.

How will the next decade wine geography look like?

If you would have told me, ten years ago, that in 2020, I would have tasted (and enjoyed) a glass of sparkling wine made in England, I would have laughed hard: too cold, too rainy, no-one would ever...

Written on November 4 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

Willamette Valley: the international epicenter of New World’s Pinot Noir

I visited Willamette Valley last August during the 2019 edition of the Wine Writers Educational Tour and I am once again grateful to have been taking part to this yearly trip with my fellow American...

Written on October 7 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event.

What if Italy could be American new rising export market?

In days when we are witnessing the war of wine import's tarifs which can make the price of some European wines imported in the U.S. skyrocket in the next months, I was wondering how it works in the...

Written on September 23 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event.

How to detect BS wines? Marketing tricks, transparency and labels…

We are constantly bombarded with advertisements and marketing offers about wine: it’s easy to get confused and sometimes companies play around with the lack of wine knowledge...

Written on May 17 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine tourism.

Santa Barbara wine county: the fervent “cool” side of Californian viticulture

Santa Barbara county's unique climatic and geological conditions make it the ideal place to grow cooler climate grape varieties with a Californian twist...

Written on March 19 2019. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Tasting.

From N.A.S.A. to Oregon’s vineyards: meet Don Hagge, the scientist of Vidon’s wine making

From a career as a scientist at N.A.S.A. to producing terroir driven Pinot Noirs in Oregon, read the fascinating story of Don Hagge, Vidon’s winery

Written on December 26 2018. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event, Wine Tasting.

America’s invisible rainbow and the secret wine revolution

My endless curiosity about less known wine grapes drives me always in the geekiest seminars and wine classes. No exception was the last edition of SommCon, the US sommelier convention which takes place...

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