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Book Club: What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise

Book Club: What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking by Terry Theise

As Terry Theise reveals in this gem of a book, answering the seemingly simple question “what makes a wine worth drinking” requires us to look beyond what’s in our glass to consider much bigger questions about beauty, harmony, soulfulness, and the values that we hold dear. 
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Unpacking Wine Words: Terroir

Unpacking Wine Words: Terroir

Terroir is one of the cornerstone concepts in wine. 

In its most simple definition, terroir is the influence of where you plant a grapevine.  It is everything that exists in the vineyard alongside our baby-wine bearing vines. 

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Book Club: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Book Club: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look.

In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading.

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Ewan Mackenzie - The Wine Thief

Meet the Maker (kinda): The Wine Thief

Originally from the UK, he's a sommelier with a background in beer. Using his somm-spidey senses, he works closely with a handful of wonderful winemakers dotted across South Africa to create wines that are delightful, delicious and downright dreamy. 
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Meet the Makers: Borgo Stajnbech

Meet the Makers: Borgo Stajnbech

By far the smallest winery in the Trevenezia area, with only about 17ha of vines, Borgo Stajnbech is a family-run operation.  Giuliano and Adriana started the winery in 1991 and (although she won't admit it), we expect daughter, Rebecca, to be taking over in the next few years.
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Natural Wine as A Spectrum Explainer from Whit + Wine

Unpacking Wine Terms: Natural Wine

We get asked pretty frequently if our wines are natural. And it's a tricky one to answer - not because the wines are not natural. They absolutely are. That's a big part of why we love them. It's because natural can mean a lot of things. 
What does it mean to us?
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Blair and Caroline Guthrie Image Credit Emma K Morris

Meet the Makers: Guthrie Family Wines

With Guthrie Family Wines, he and Caroline wanted to create moral-based wines that reflected the way they live their lives - eating clean, speaking up for what they believe in, encouraging social justice, and preserving the world for their kids the generations beyond. They want to make honest, authentic wines that align with their principles. 
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Meet the Makers: Ltd +

Meet the Makers: Ltd +

Winemaker and Master of Wine, husband and wife, generally amazing humans. 

Beyond making some of the most deliciously exciting wines, they're doing so with so much intention - building a business model that's sustainable for them, their community and future generations. 

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