Category: Opinion

Fred Franzia brought millions of consumers into the wine business who had never thought of drinking wine. By Steve Kemiji I’m not surprised at the lack of insight and knowledge being displayed in the...

Today’s cutting-edge wines are more terroir-expressive than the usual commercial styles. What I don’t get, though, is how formulaic it’s all become.  By Randy Caparoso I love alternative...

Are regional sustainable winegrowing certification programs a boon for the industry? By Randy Caparoso For the longest time, a certified USDA organic seal on a food or beverage product has been the signpost...

An outdated classification model will cause more problems than it solves. By Randy Caparoso Who doesn’t love the UK wine trade? Most of us in U.S. wine-related industries have grown up hanging on...

They want what they want. —Randy Caparoso What do wine lovers want? On one hand, every other day there seems to be a new “natural wine bar” popping up in cities big and small. On the other...

The wine world has always been full of myths—mystique and imagination play as big a part in our enjoyment of wines as facts and figures. People like mystique. Yet, almost all myths are eventually dispelled;...

Consumers are not stupid. There, that’s the crux of this entire op-ed. Although I do have something to add: If consumers are stupid, it’s only because We assume that about them. We treat them...

Terroir as like a tree falling in a forest. Just because you don’t hear it, it doesn’t mean it didn’t fall. —Randy Caparoso I think that the one aspect of terroir-related qualities that we...

This op is written from a sommelier’s perspective. I know a lot of them because I was a sommelier who worked in restaurants for over 28 years, and am currently affiliated SOMM Journal. —Randy Caparoso This...

Hands off those vines, hands off those wines—what comes naturally should be respected —Randy Caparoso I love natural style wines. In fact, I’m partial to them, and for good reason: Because wines...