Free for all Confessions of a smoke-taint taster 28 April 2022 This week's delve into the archives throws up this... 28 Apr 2022 Guest contributor
Inside information Napa's 2020s – sorting needed Napa's reds from the controversial 2020 vintage will be rare, but those... 29 Mar 2022 Elaine Chukan Brown
Alder on America Smoke taint – US lawyers' view Last year's California wine production was severely shrunk by the effects of... 13 Sep 2021 Alder Yarrow
Inside information Smoke taint – the view from Oregon Samantha visited 38 producers recently, and could hardly overlook the smoky elephant... 8 Sep 2021 Samantha Cole-Johnson
Max on Oz Smoke taint – the Australian consumers' view Some smoke-affected wines are going down a storm Down Under. See also... 6 Sep 2021 Max Allen
Inside information Smoke taint – a winemaker's view Kate Nowell-Smith describes making wine as wildfires rage in Sonoma, and what... 2 Sep 2021 Guest contributor
Alder on America Smoke taint looms large in CA California vintners are being forced to learn about a whole new threat... 14 Dec 2020 Alder Yarrow
Inside information Diary of a Napa harvest intern – part 5 Samantha Cole-Johnson on how life goes on in the winery after the... 19 Oct 2020 Samantha Cole-Johnson
Inside information Diary of a Napa harvest intern – part 3 Samantha Cole-Johnson reports from a harvest that continues, despite fire, smoke and... 21 Sep 2020 Samantha Cole-Johnson
Alder on America Harvest of fear Based in the Bay Area, Alder reports on the smoke, flames and... 14 Sep 2020 Alder Yarrow
Inside information Diary of a Napa harvest intern – part 2 We left Samantha Cole-Johnson seriously worried about wildfires and smoke taint in... 7 Sep 2020 Samantha Cole-Johnson
Max on Oz Smoke gets in your eyes A cool assessment of the effects – both marked and negligible –... 10 Mar 2020 Max Allen
Inside information Assessing smoke-taint and fermentation issues In this third part of her study, Elaine highlights what scientists are... 24 Jul 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown
Inside information The reality of the 2017 California fires today Elaine looks carefully at the aftermath of last October’s wine-country fires. See... 18 Jul 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown
Free for all California fires – then and now Elaine begins this three-part, unparalleled assessment of the impact of wildfires on... 10 Jul 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown
