Wine Is Confusing
Kara DalyLooking at the world through the lens of wine.
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On having fun in fascist times.
I took a break from writing this newsletter, and I didn’t announce it. I had no idea how long a break I needed—a week? Six months? I was experiencing a very specific kind of burnout, maybe one you’re feeling...
Join me at the Southeastern United Grape & Wine Symposium on November 20th, 2025
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Last year I drove to Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina for the Southeastern United Grape & Wine Symposium for my first time—their twelfth. This year, I’m coming back for the 13th Symposium and I’d love...
Harvest Notes: A Carboy Is A Magic 8 Ball
Wine grower Eric Case had 12 vines of Aravelle, a hybrid I’d never heard of until a month ago, planted in his vineyard, ready to be picked. Taylor Greene heard that he was looking for someone with small-batch capacity to make a single varie...
Harvest Notes: Seyval, Cayuga, and Spontaneous Mead in North Carolina
For Patrick McGovern, whose work taught me that our inclination to make and drink wine is buried deep in our brains, beyond time.
I’m happy to report many sightings of the elusive millennials-in-wine in the Piedmont region of North Carolin...
Harvest Notes: plēb is plēbin' away
Doom and gloomers in wine might consider taking a page from Chris Denesha’s book of rolling with the punches - in this chapter, he’s in good spirits as he sets up camp in the old winery at Addison Farms with a couple of tons of Traminette,...
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