VinoHacker

06/10/2024

The wine industry lost a legend. So many things to highlight in this mans career is insane...
I was blessed to serve him a few times during my tenure at La Toque and even was tasked to pour 1 bottle of the Paris Tasting 73' Cab for like 40 people... that was nerve racking to say the least!
RIP Mr Winiarski.

Renowned for Judgment of Paris Win and Lifelong Philanthropy   NAPA, Calif., June 9, 2024 —Warren Winiarski, co-founder with his wife Barbara of

08/05/2023

This was not intentional

08/02/2023

Tried this last night and wow... Very good wine at a great price. I paid $30 but I see it's $40 or so normally. Cool wine.

07/05/2023

Very interesting article about a crafty winemaker in Italy using fungus to help with water retention and drought resistance.

A pioneering winemaker is among the first to inoculate her vines in the fight against drought with a particularly helpful fungus. Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher

06/08/2023

This is good news for us in the wine business... I hope these researchers continue their work as I fear fires are more and more going to be a part of our winemaking worries in the future.

Data emerging from collaborative project involving three universities.

12/14/2021

Hop on this entertaining and educational wine tasting experience that Modus/Vicarious spent over a year producing.
Its such a perfect gift option with several pricing options under $100 for 3+ hours of content paired to 4 of the Vicarious wines.
Everyone who has done this so far has loved it! The feedback has been awesome! https://vicariouswines.com/
Purchasing one of these experiences also enters you to win a trip for 2 to Napa with 2 days of tastings that we set up for you.

08/10/2021

Vineyard Hacking!

Wine Industry News for Aug 10, 2021

07/19/2021

This is absolutely terrible... thoughts and prayers to those affected by the floods in Germany.

06/10/2021

This. Was. AWESOME! Tasmanian pinot noir 😍

06/10/2021

True story.

06/07/2021

Monsanto strikes again... some Texas grape farmers lost 95% of their crop. Monsanto loves to sue people when their "drift" lands on neighboring properties and their GMO soy ends up growing without the land owner even knowing it... so now I hope these Texas farmers get PAID MILLIONS for that same "drift" that has wrongfully damaged the neighboring business' crop.
Cant have it both ways Monsanto!

The volatile nature of the pesticide dicamba has meant that it can wind up miles away from where it was sprayed. Dicamba, and dicamba-resistant seeds, were meant to be the next huge product for Monsanto, which was bought by agrochemical giant Bayer back in 2018. But “dicamba drift,” the name for...

06/07/2021

The buyers might not have all been in the room this year, but they were still spending. Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher