VintnerdIs fine wine a scam?This week, British wine investors Stephen Burton and Andrew Fuller were arrested for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme with their company…Apr 24, 2022Apr 24, 2022
VintnerdThe Resurgence of RieslingRiesling, one of the six noble grapes of wine making, has an image problem. Ask an average wine drinker if they enjoy Riesling, and you’ll…Apr 3, 2022Apr 3, 2022
VintnerdIs White Wine a Girl Wine?White wines are varied, complex, and delicious, so why are they so easily dismissed?Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
VintnerdIs there any room for wine in our wellness obsessed country?You can’t ignore wellness in the United States today. The term has become an umbrella for health, food, exercise, self improvement, self…Jan 23, 2022Jan 23, 2022
VintnerdCancel Dry January: A Conversation Between 2 Wine Experts on Alcohol & Sobriety CultureMelissa: So we have both accidentally observed Dry January for the first half of the month because we were actively suffering and then…Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022
VintnerdConfession: I hate ThanksgivingIt’s hard to pinpoint when I first began to hate Thanksgiving. It might have been in second grade, when we put on school pageants and…Nov 22, 2021Nov 22, 2021
VintnerdThoughts on vines, hygge, and seasonal depressionIt’s taken me a while to realize I like November. And not just like it, but really like it, maybe even love it. I love the changing leaves…Nov 6, 2021Nov 6, 2021
VintnerdIsis Daniel, the Millennial Somm, and rise of “Vinfluencers”“It’s fermented grape juice, like, just relax.”Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
VintnerdWhat the Funk: Why Everyone is Drinking Natural Wine“Do you have anything funky?”Oct 3, 2021Oct 3, 2021