Culture
America got older. The food industry didn’t notice.

The food industry is built for a shrinking demographic.

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Mar 23
What thirty years of failure taught Nicholas Longworth

How a 19th-Century American vintner discovered the limits of European wine grapes

Chase Purdy · 8 min read · Dec 29
Meet some of the Paris underground reimagining wine’s future

The revolutionaries have arrived at the heart of the French wine scene

Chase Purdy · 4 min read · Oct 29
The wines France tried to forget

How a Parisian wine enthusiast became the unlikely voice of a hybrid revival

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Oct 29
Resurrecting the indiscriminate joy of sparkling Catawba

At North American Press, Matthew Niess breathes life into a classic American wine

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Jul 9
Unleashing creative sparks

Camuna Cellars is uncovering news expressions of hybrid grape wines

Chase Purdy · 10 min read · Apr 16
The music getting vintners through pruning season

The long, repetitive work has people pressing play

Chase Purdy · 3 min read · Apr 2
Setting aside the vinifera superiority complex

A Q&A with Lightwell Survey on new Virginia wines

Chase Purdy · 15 min read · Mar 5
Dissecting the brain rot of wine elitism

How a cringe take on wine elitism says the quiet part out loud

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Feb 23
Postcard from Oakland

Thoughts on ABV Ferments Vol. 4, a non-traditional wine summit on the doorstep of Napa

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Jan 9