Kathleen Willcox

While Wine Watch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Kathleen Willcox.

How vineyards closer to the sun are evading climate change

How vineyards closer to the sun are evading climate change

High-alti­tude grape farm­ing has moved from fringe inter­est hot top­ic. Kath­leen…

Is Wine Facing Prohibition 2.0?

Is Wine Facing Prohibition 2.0?

Near­ly a cen­tu­ry on from the last alco­hol ban in the USA, younger gen­er­a­tions…

How Wine Reps Can Land New Restaurant and Retail Accounts

How Wine Reps Can Land New Restaurant and Retail Accounts

Tips and tricks from wine sales reps on con­nect­ing with new buy­ers, from lever­ag­ing…

How the Maréchal Foch Gained Cult-Classic Status

How the Maréchal Foch Gained Cult-Classic Status

“Maréchal Foch is resis­tant to about half of the fun­gi and dis­eases we wor­ry about in…

Why Expanding Beyond Wine Is Making These Brands More Sustainable

Why Expanding Beyond Wine Is Making These Brands More Sustainable

For cen­turies, wine­mak­ers have made wine. For the most part, they left it at…

The changing tide of Napa grapes

The changing tide of Napa grapes

Ries­ling and Caber­net Franc gar­ner high­est prices in Napa. What does that…

Why Santa Julia’s Investment in Natural Wine Is a Game-Changer

In every indus­try, there are lead­ers who qui­et­ly shape the con­ver­sa­tion. They may…

American sparkling wine is graduating

American sparkling wine is graduating

For decades, great sparkling wine made in the Méth­ode Cham­p­enoise in Cal­i­for­nia,…

Two Crus in the Southern Rhône Bravely Face a Hotter, Drier, But Hopefully Fresher Future

Bonus: The result­ing wines are a (rel­a­tive) bar­gain. The South­ern Rhône is known for…

Why You Need More Pecorino in Your Life

Why You Need More Pecorino in Your Life

And we don’t mean the cheese. In our hyper-frag­ment­ed world, it would be dif­fi­cult to…

Peeling Back the Curtain on Wine Dinners

How pro­duc­ers are max­i­miz­ing ROI on this tried and true tast­ing for­mat There is…

The Anatomy of a Successful Wine Launch in a Brutal Market

The Anatomy of a Successful Wine Launch in a Brutal Market

Spoil­er alert: It’s not easy, but it’s prob­a­bly worth it. Launch­ing a wine brand…



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