How Do they Decide What Wine Grapes to Plant?

Have you ever wondered how a winegrower decides to plant one grape variety over another? Some choices Mother Nature drives, but there’s actually a lot more behind deciding what grapes to plant in a new vineyard. Deciding what type of grape to plant where involves a complicated heuristic that takes into account environmental and non-environmental […]

Chalone AVA in Winter – Chalone Sleeps

Day trips spark the spirit of possibilities. We imagine alternative lives lived in neighboring towns just down the road. Curiosity – even if just for a few hours – renews. Here’s a Chalone AVA Field Trip and what you need to know about this beautiful AVA. Where Is Chalone AVA? In pandemic-fueled “have-to-get-out-of-the-house” road-trip fashion, […]