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Wine + Stories

Curated by the W+P Team

The Monthly Collection

This month to celebrate the release of her new cookbook "For The Table" our dear friend Anna Stockwell is taking over May's Monthly Collection and sharing a recipe, her favorite dinner party wines and a new playlist.

Interview by Sam Decker

Tunnel Vision

James Jelks of Florèz Wines — from poison dart frogs to forest-grown Grenache.

Mission Box Activity

Your Nose Doesn’t Suck

Story by Kathleen Willcox

Finding Mendocino, Part II: The Coast

It’s about a 35-minute shot from Inland Mendocino to the coast — a northwest ascent along the roly-poly Route 128 through sun-singed hills, farmsteads, and redwood forests.

Story by Kathleen Willcox

Finding Mendocino, Part I: The Garden

Part I: The Garden. The region has long been a prized source for organic fruit among celebrated winemakers based elsewhere. So why do we still know so little about it?

Story By Sam Decker

Fall Wines

Three wine categories that I’m exploring this season.

Story by Jill Davis

Big Leaps

After more than a decade in Napa, Keep Wines expand across the pond.

Story by Katy Severson

It Takes a Village

To celebrate Adelsheim’s 50th anniversary is to celebrate the Willamette Valley itself.

Story By Sam Decker

Organic Plus

The quest to reinvent responsibly made wine.

Por Katy Severson / Traducido por Carlos Diaz

Frutos del Trabajo

El mayor problema del vino estadunidense se enfrenta a un ajuste de cuentas.

Story by Katy Severson

Fruits of Labor

American wine’s biggest problem is facing a reckoning.

Story by Katy Severson

Tom Monroe of Division Wine Co.

On bureaucracy, suitcase smuggling, and the meaning of natural wine.

Story by Tessa Schrupp

All Hail the King

A new age of wine media is coming. Does the establishment stand a chance?

Story by Kathleen Willcox

Stronger Together

Could apples be wine's answer to climate change?

Story and Interview by Sam Decker

Spiritualized: The Making of Martha Stoumen

There are certain places where the English language falls short. Wine is such a place. How to describe its aroma? No English speaker seems to know. So we un-crumple our grocery lists and recite fragrant produce items.

Story by Tessa Schrupp

Gen Z and the Meaning of Wine

My generation is pushing back against notions of what we "should" be drinking.

Story by Katy Severson

Why Drink Domestic

How the pandemic exposed our broken wine system — and the urgent need for change.

Story By Sam Decker

A Field Guide to Orange Wine

It’s said that the best wine flirts with faults. This is certainly true of orange wine, which luxuriates in the flavors and textures that conventional white wines will do just about anything to avoid.

Story By Sam Decker

Comeback Kid

The triumphant return of White Zinfandel in California

Story By Sam Decker

Survival Kit

What can winemakers teach us about resilience in 2020? Everything.

Interview By Frederique Marquez

Teal Walker + a Love of Wine

Proprietor of Audeant, one of the more exciting wineries to emerge from the Willamette Valley in recent memory, Teal's success is a testament to her ability to take on any task, any passion project — and make it reality.

Interview By Frederique Marquez

Kate Norris + The Taste of Kindness

Co-owner of not one, not two, but three companies — including Division Winemaking Company — this Portland-based winemaker is a force to be reckoned with.

Story By Sam Decker

Methode Sauvage + Pioneer America

Ask winemaker Chad Hinds (Methode Sauvage, Iruai) for a pairing suggestion and you're more likely to end up with an old VHS of Suspiria than a recipe for grilled salmon.

Story By Sam Decker

Raen + The Future of Farming

Introducing Raen — Carlo and Dante Mondavi's winery on the western boundaries of the Sonoma Coast.

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