In Crozes-Hermitage, vineyards share the landscape with fruit trees, beehives, livestock, forests, and fields of lavender. This rich polyculture isn’t a recent sustainability initiative—it’s an agricultural tradition that shapes the appellation’s identity, its community, and, producers believe, its wines.
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After years of feeling disconnected from wine, Carrie Dykes found her curiosity rekindled by an unlikely bottle: Patience, a lees-aged expression of Picpoul de Pinet that proves even “simple” wines can still surprise us.
From unconventional red blends in Napa to regenerative farming in Temecula, experimental vineyard blocks are helping wineries test what may work next.
In Crozes-Hermitage, vineyards share the landscape with fruit trees, beehives, livestock, forests, and fields of lavender. This rich polyculture isn’t a recent sustainability initiative—it’s an agricultural tradition that shapes the appellation’s identity, its community, and, producers believe, its wines.
THC seltzers are stealing wine’s spot at the table — legal, low-calorie, and hangover-free. Can the two coexist, or is wine losing the room?
Rías Baixas may be best known for crisp, seafood-friendly Albariño, but a small group of producers is giving the grape the traditional-method treatment. The result is a rare sparkling wine that manages to be deeply serious—and genuinely fun.