“One of California’s most cutting-edge wine brands is dissolving. Napa’s Dirty & Rowdy Wine Co., which has developed a devoted following for its experimental, genre-defying Mourvedres, is shutting down after 11 years,” reports Esther Mobley in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Winemaker Hardy Wallace said that he had ended his partnership with co-founder Matt Richardson as of Wednesday…As his next act, Wallace is partnering with his wife Kate Graham to launch their own wine label, called Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah!”

In Wine Enthusiast, Crystal Hammon explores the business of sweet wines in the Midwest.

In Bon Appétit, Joseph Hernandez explores the transportive quality of island wines.

Jeff Siegel delves into why it costs so much to ship a box of wine in the Drop.

On JancisRobinson.com, Caroline Gilby outlines how important women are in Slovenian wine.

In Grape Collective, Brittney Abell talks to Barbara Gross of Cooper Mountain Vineyards about organic winemaking in Oregon and the future of communication in the wine industry.

Americans have rediscovered their love of Bordeaux, but is the relationship sustainable in the long term? James Lawrence ponders the answer in Wine-Searcher.