I have been re-reading Richard Brautigan’s essays (he calls it a novel) in a book called Trout Fishing in America (1967) and it’s got me thinking (about wine, of course), which is always dangerous. What does trout fishing have to do with wine drinking? Let me make a...

California’s Wine Slump Is Fueling a Risky Bet on Agave California’s vintners, struggling with a precipitous drop in wine consumption, are experimenting with making an American version of tequila...

It is not everyday that one gets to podcast with a success story in the wine trade. Particularly, these days. Samatha Sheehan is just that...but that wasn't ...