Overview

Slow Wine US is a new and revolutionary guide to the wines of California, Oregon, New York and Washington. Thanks to the help of a handful of expert contributors, we've selected the best wineries from each state and reviewed their most outstanding bottles. The idea behind Slow Wine is simple: it acknowledges the unique stories of people and vineyards, of grape varieties and landscapes, and of their wines. The awareness that wine is more than just liquid in a glass helps wine lovers make better, more conscious choices and enhances the very enjoyment of these products. Since its beginnings in Italy thirteen years ago, Slow Wine has combined its tasting sessions with equally important moments of exchange and debate with producers. The direct contact to winegrowers and winemakers allows for a genuine, authentic and always up-to-date report on what's happening in America's vineyards and cellars. The contents Each winery receives a review divided in three sections: the first one dedicated to the people who live and work at the winery, the second to the vineyards and the way they're farmed, the third to the finest wines currently available on the market. The very best wines are awarded the Top Wine accolade. Among these we have the Slow Wines - which beyond their outstanding sensory quality are of particular interest for their sense of place, environmental sustainability or historical value - and the Everyday Wines, representing excellent value at prices within 30$. The most interesting wineries on the other hand are awarded the Snail, for the way they interpret Slow Food values (sensory perceptions, territory, environment, identity) while offering good value for money; the Bottle, to wineries whose wines are of outstanding sensory quality throughout the range; the Coin to those estates offering excellent value for money.

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""A great guide that's much needed for people wishing to drink more sustainable, as much for the planet as for themselves."" The idea here (and it's one I can readily get behind), is to showcase 400+ wineries who are producing ""good, clean and fair"" wines. Are all of them certified organic? Interestingly, no, but there is a required base to the farming and production practices (no chemically-synthesized herbicides for example) that needs to be met to be included. - Miquel Hudin, Hudin.com ""The best resource I can recommend..."" The best resource I can recommend is the Slow Wine Guide, an annual publication that vets wineries for a range of ecological criteria. The guide recommends wineries that do not use chemically synthesized [herbicides] (like Roundup), and also checks for things like water use, sustainably constructed buildings, and intervention during the winemaker process. --Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle ""Highlights organic farming practices..."" I am grateful for this resource that highlights organic farming practices and commitment to growing and producing wine with integrity. --Kelly Danewood, CEO, California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) ""An excellent resource for discovering..."" The Slow Wine Guide is an excellent resource for discovering those winegrowers who have a true and deep commitment to their land, their people, their community and our planet. Spottswoode is proud to be among those preserving the viability of our agriculturally based businesses in the time of climate change. --Beth Novak Milliken, President & CEO, Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery

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As global wine editor for sister publications the SOMM Journal and The Tasting Panel magazines, Deborah Parker Wong, MSc, DipWSET has been writing about the beverage alcohol industry for these and other outlets since 2004. In 2020 she was appointed National Editor, USA for the Slow Wine guide. She teaches wine studies and conducts research at San Jose State University and owns a Wine & Spirit Education Trust school offering Level 2 and Level 3 certifications. Her motto is: To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach. A partial archive of her published work can be found at www.deborahparkerwong.com.Twitter - @parkerwongInstagram - #deborahparkerwongFacebook - www.facebook.com/deborah.parker.wongLinkedin - https: //www.linkedin.com/in/deborahparkerwong/ Pam Strayer is a journalist who specialized in health, science and the environment for 30+ years, before expanding into wine journalism as well in 2010. In wine, her focus is organic and biodynamic producers as well as general eco-wine topics. She has studied wine at U.C. Berkeley (where she earned a certificate), U.C. Davis, and the North American Sommelier Association. The author of 5 published wine apps, she was the conference program director for the International Biodynamic Wine Conference in San Francisco held in 2018 and more recently consulted to Vivino on organic and biodynamic wines. Her writings appear in Pix, Santé, Daily Seven Fifty and Wine Business and more. She has given guest lectures at Santa Rosa Community College, and for community groups in Sonoma and Napa, as well as for Women of the Vine & Spirits, the OIV Wine Marketing Program at U.C. Davis and Sonoma State's Wine Business Institute. She is a guest at international conferences on wine and the environment. Her articles are available at winecountrygeographic.com. Twitter: @winecountrygeo Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/pam.strayer.3/ Linkedin: https: //linkedin.com/in/strayer

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