Tim Moran
A single vine produces 10 bottles of wine … maybe
Written by Tim MoranA colleague recently drove through the Central Coast region and
marveled at the oceans of vineyards blanketing the rolling countryside.
A winemaker’s recipe for making good wine: Start with high quality fruit and don’t screw it up.
Ice Wine: Taking full advantage of cold weather
Written by Tim MoranFeeling damp, cold and miserable lately? It’s all a matter of perspective. I took a trip to Northern Illinois a couple of weeks ago, and the morning temperatures never got as high as zero.
Lodi hopes to reap the benefits of China’s taste for wine
Written by Tim MoranIt’s been said that one in five children born in the world is Chinese. In my family, that would be my younger sister. But she looks as Irish as the rest of us, so I’m skeptical.
Ever want to have a heart-to-heart discussion with the people who design packages?
Global trade, the laws of supply and demand and penny-pinching consumers are mixing this year to give California wineries and grape growers a case of indigestion.
Wine competition results are called into question
Written by Tim MoranAs you may have heard, a new study calls into question the results of wine competitions.
In search of the perfect grape; Valley has many possibilities
Written by Tim MoranSo, that rich uncle died and left you 40 acres in the San Joaquin Valley, along with enough cash to plant a vineyard. So, what do you plant?
Stanislaus wineries ponder the need for tasting rooms
Written by Tim MoranCalifornia abounds in popular wine-tasting regions: Napa and Sonoma, the Central Coast, Amador County, Lodi, Calaveras County, Livermore.
But Stanislaus (or Stanislaus Valley, as the local economic development mavens like to say) isn’t on the tasting circuit. That’s despite the fact that it contains two global heavy hitters in the wine industry, E.&J. Gallo and Bronco Wine Co.
What’s in a name? , Shakespeare’s Juliet famously asked.
If the name is Napa, consumers across the country think of fine wine, despite those "Napa Stands for Auto Parts" bumper stickers sold in other envious wine regions.
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