A small wine tanker arrived from the Hunter Valley — roughly 5,000 kilometers, crossing the Nullarbor Plain. The tanker was unloaded in full. Then it was refilled with the exact same volume and sent straight back across the country.

The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is often described as one of California’s most distinctive wine regions.

That’s true — but also incomplete.

At what point does “organic” stop being a philosophy and start being positioning?

Portugal smells like warm eucalyptus and sun‑baked cork oak when you get off the highway near Santa Maria da Feira. That’s where Nick Michalski – son of founder Jochen – meets us at the gates of Cork Supply. He’s wearing the kind of grin that says he’s proud of what’s behind the walls, and honestly, he should be.

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