illustration by Donald Clement
In January of 2020, the fight against wine tariffs was well underway for many in the industry. With the pandemic taking...
Bichi, translated from Sonoran Yaqui, means “naked” and speaks to the minimal intervention style of winemaking utilized by Noel Tellez and his team. Their...
Los Pilares has garnered national recognition as one of the tiny handful of natural wineries using San Diego-grown fruit. They are also my friends. They just finished their eleventh harvest in this, the Year...
Nearly ten years ago, Courtney Quinn got a call from a former wine instructor to check out a new wine group in town called the Women’s Wine Alliance. The next day, she was sitting...
illustration by Emily Edgar
It’s a place you might miss on the way to the post office. Just a few hundred feet away from the community canopy that is the “Normal Heights” neighborhood sign, Bine...
It was early June and inaction was no longer an option.
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent protests, companies in every sector were grappling with issues of racial equity. The wine...
illustrations by Emily Edgar
“People are gonna be like, ‘they put their wine in a fucking box?!’”. This is the sort of thing Melissa Saunders lives for: high-quality wine in sustainable packaging, for the masses....
Fer Parra es una enóloga baja californiana de hueso colorado, una mujer que ha logrado integrar su creatividad nata con la sabiduría científica que ha logrado desarrollar a través de los años.
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by Teri Kerns
Have you heard about Ramona, home of the fastest growing wine region in California, located just up the hill from the beautiful San Diego Bay? My guess is no. I’m excited to introduce...
Illustrations by Melody Klaffke
Martin Reyes: What color do you want the clouds? Do you want them white or do you want them orange?
CampestreMAG: Purple.
In 2020, even casual banter about Zoom backgrounds can get heavy....
We think Escondido has great potential as a wine lover’s destination.
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Tijuana isn’t simply a border town, but a city with rich history and distinct districts—not just the touristica main drag.
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Visiting Rancho Guejito is a bit like a trip to Oz. It’s magical, inspiring and fun.
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illustrations by Emily Edgar
Es importante comenzar por recordar que la industria del vino en México es relativamente nueva, hasta hace alrededor de 35 años se comenzó a apostar por la calidad con bodegas como...
Ramona is home to the only certified sustainable vineyard and winery in San Diego County, according to a database by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.
From pest management to viticulture, Teri Kerns, president and CEO...
illustrations by Emily Edgar
“First of all, we don’t use any coal,” jokes Eric Van Drunen to begin our interview. Eric and his wife Clara own Charlie & Echo, one of the OG natural wineries...
“Mom, I don’t think I should go to school today. I have a sore throat”, declared my son, Riley, on the Tuesday after Winter Break ended. He had tested negative for Covid the day...
by Alfonso Rochin
Cada vez es más común encontrar en las etiquetas de los vinos los términos: orgánico, biodinámico, natural o mínima intervención. Cada uno de estos refleja, o debería reflejar, distintos estilos de vino,...
With smart devices controlling just about everything we use in our daily lives–from thermostats at home to the music we play on the road–it’s no surprise that technology and smart devices will play a...
illustrations by Emily Edgar
¡Vamos al valle!
La frase que llevas esperando toda la semana escuchar cuando quieres dejar el estrés de la ciudad, escapar al campo y compartir buenos momentos de la mano de un...
illustrations by Melody Klaffke
San Diego County is home to three American Viticultural Areas (or more commonly AVAs) ; South Coast, Ramona Valley and San Pasqual Valley. And, a fourth AVA is in the works.
“When...
No matter how brief the interaction, I learn something about cider every time I talk to Dave Carr, founder of Raging Cider and Mead. He is so knowledgeable, has friends all over the country...
While orange wine has been popping up in its own dedicated sections on wine lists in recent years, the style itself goes much farther back. As in, at least 5,000 years back.
“It may be...