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Love wine? Love nature? Weird, us too! Okay, so sharing a fondness for these two subjects is about as common as sharing a fondness for puppies and ice cream. But now you can contribute to the preservation of the latter with your consumption of the former when you purchase wines …

It’s cloudy, it’s hazy, it’s mildly intoxicating, its predecessor is called “Resin”, and its packaging is covered in fluffy green clouds. But “Puff” isn’t the newest sativa strain available for pickup at your local Washington, Oregon, Alaska, or Colorado neighborhood dispensary. In fact, it’s crafted on the slightly less green-tolerant …

Hoppy Sour Mandarina American Wild Ale…it’s Erykah Badu crooning in a lemon grove with wildflower petals caught in her hair and drifting down around her—bracingly citrus-sour, softly and lushly floral, and funky in a gentle and even seductive way. Sours are flowing fast at hip establishments ’round the United States, but …

Brettanomyces: derived from the Greek for “British fungus”, it’s an acidogenic spore forming yeast from the family Saccharomycetaceae. In brewers’ vernacular “Brett”, along with the addition of lactic acid producing bacteria during the brewing process, is what makes a sour beer taste, well, sour. Largely regarded as an unwelcome invader …

The extravagant castle-esque structure that is Ellenborough Park will transport you into a world of luxury and comfort. This Cotswold manor house dates back to the 15th century gaining its name from the iconic Cotswold stone from which it’s created. The real beauty behind the hotel comes from Lady Ellenborough, …

L Father and son entrepreneurial team David and Robert Cordtz know apples. They really, really, really know apples. Their organic cidery, Sonoma Cider, has taken the already immensely popular cider production industry in California by storm, producing ominously-named but delicious varieties of hard cider like The Hatchet, The Pitchfork, and …

A visit to Artesa in the Carneros area of Napa Valley is nothing short of spectacular: design, art and nature combine to make the winery one of the most impressive – and popular – destinations in wine country. It is a winery that exudes a sense of purpose: “artesa” means …

Passionate Cellar Master Hervé Deschamps of Maisson Perrier-Jouët brings an artistry to blending delicately nuanced, harmoniously balanced Champagne you can taste in every sip of Belle Epoque 2007. Fortune as well as skill came into play in the success of this beautiful cuvée–an unseasonably warm April back in that fruitful …

A passion for distilling gained from veterinary school at the University of Pisa in Italy turned into Catskill Distilling Company. During his time traveling around Italy, Catskill Distilling founder Monte Sachs learned the art of distilling traditional grappa from a 80-year-old farmworker. He brought the newly learnt trade back to …

  If you work in the wine industry there are two questions you hear a lot: first, what wine should I look out for? And second, what’s your favorite wine for the money? A recent trade survey revealed that there is one wine that answers both questions. 92% of trade …

With an overflowing bouquet of fresh-squeezed flavors of apricots, peaches, and lemons tempered with a pleasantly pucker-inducing sour character, Dry Dock Brewery’s Apricot Sour is edging closer and closer to becoming our go-to summer afternoon American Style Sour Ale. Sours have been a hit in recent years with brew aficionados for a …

It’s 10:00 AM and I have just tasted my 61st glass of prosecco. I am feeling superiore. And while I don’t traditionally recommend 61 glasses in one sitting, this is why I have traveled to Veneto for the annual Vino in Villa: to learn why the wines of Conegliano Valdobiaddene …

Accomplishing a fulfilling, pleasurable, and health-conscious lifestyle requires a delicate balance. You work out regularly (or at least semi-regularly); you eat a wholesome diet rich in fresh fruits, vegetables, and lean protein; and you faithfully consume endless liters of cool, pure water. You even floss. Most of the time. But …