Archive - The Noble Grape

Making Wine in 2025

Writing a resolution, setting an intention, or whatever you want to call it.

Jan 2, 2025 • Taylor

October 2024

Cheers to Plēb Urban Winery

To our friends, to their vision, to the future. Dang.

Oct 3, 2024 • Taylor

August 2024

b-sides: liner notes

If you follow me or @noblegrapenc on Instagram, you may have seen that my entry to the Jancis Robinson 2024 Wine Writing Contest was recently published…

Aug 25, 2024 • Taylor

July 2024

Muscadine is for innovators

Exploring new possibilities for the South's native grape with Erik Martella and Windsor Run Cellars at the Wisdom Table

Jul 29, 2024 • Taylor

June 2024

Bug spray and other ironic olfactory experiences

Summertime wafts our way

Jun 7, 2024 • Taylor

May 2024

Dispatches from NC Wine Country

Reflections on a few recent vineyard visits in celebration of NC Wine Month

May 9, 2024 • Taylor

The Judgement of My Back Patio

AKA the Vermentino-off

May 1, 2024 • Taylor

April 2024

A science episode

Discoveries from a deep dive through North Carolina's AVA documents

Apr 16, 2024 • Taylor

March 2024

Godforsaken grapes, Beyoncé, and the Un-Parkerization of country music

Why Beyoncé's country album makes me hopeful for a twangy, sustainable future

Mar 26, 2024 • Taylor

February 2024

South Africa in my glass, North Carolina on my mind

Notes from a week in Cape Town and Stellenbosch

Feb 28, 2024 • Taylor

January 2024

A few quick tips from your friendly wine specialist in training

Just some things I found helpful. I hope you do, too.

Jan 31, 2024 • Taylor

December 2023

Patois Bricolage

A story of friends, oysters, and the cider that made me love wine

Dec 20, 2023 • Taylor