
Strong women role models are not particularly myriad in the US wine business. More female winemakers have emerged in the past 20 years but they have a long way to go before they dominate. It happens more across the oceans than where the Women’s Sufferage Movement began. Meet Jules Taylor, former winemaker from multiple award-winning New Zealand winery Kim Crawford Wines. And on her own label, Jules Taylor.
Read more: Former Kim Crawford winemaker, Jules Taylor, expands her own winery offerings

The bane of most winemakers is not knowing what their creation will taste like in your glass. These creative beings spend countless hours babying a wine, only to have the distribution system muck it up somehow. Despite every earnest effort along the way from winery to table, high temperatures (especially in summer) can, and often do, ruin a perfectly good bottle of wine.
Read more: eProvenance tracks a wine’s temperature from the winery to the cellar

The restaurant gossip, the news and the best ideas to save some cash at Tampa Bay area restaurants.
Read more: Tampa Bay restaurant news, discounts and deals: Ceviche, Cigar City Brewing, Mise en Place

Rising star Chef Hugh Acheson talks about his new cookbook, his background and his love affair with wine and cheese.
Read more: Interview with rising star Chef Hugh Atcheson from Empire State South