After receiving their organic certification, Domaine Carneros President and Chief Winemaker Eileen Crane spoke with the Organic Wine Journal about the transition and the history behind it. Organic Wine Journal: What sparked the interest in going organic? Eileen Crane: Our vineyard ...

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Northern New Mexico has a counterculture deeply rooted in its DNA. This is where Wavy Gravy established his pioneering sustainable hippie commune in the late ’60s and Stanley Crawford wrote his ’70s back-to-the-land classic “A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a ...

After traveling and working the great wine regions of France and Germany, James and Annie Milton returned home to New Zealand and started their own winery in Gisborne in 1984. The Organic Wine Journal had the chance ...

In 1920, Greek immigrants Tryfon and Eugenia Lolonis established their family vineyards in California’s Redwood Valley. Their son, Nick, converted to organic farming in the 1950s, releasing ladybugs into the vineyards instead of chemicals; this “beneficial predator” ...

What holiday celebrates Responsible Hedonism better than Valentine’s Day? Here is the perfect selection of organic and biodynamic wines to go along with your evening of seduction and romance. Sparkling Fleury Fleur de l’Europe (Champagne, France) Super-focused aromas of mushroom, red apple, pear, ...

Nicholas Joly is the world’s leading advocate for biodyanamic winemaking. In his first article for the Organic Wine Journal, he explains the downfall of vineyards which turn to chemicals and why he believes biodynamics is the ...

Some people have shoe fetishes. Others collect cars, cigars, or vintage posters. My weakness is wineglasses. Not gaudy or ornate, nothing colorful or fancy, not necessarily antique. Just good, well-made, crystal-clear stems. It started one evening when ...

Champagne is like a polite, clean houseguest. Other wines commingle with your food, stain your teeth, then rudely leave their flavors all over your mouth. Champagne breezes in, wipes down your palate, then exits with a bubbly flourish. Pale, bejeweled in ...