The Organic Cellar Blog

Producer Spotlight: Perrini

Vito and Mila Perrini Teaching Local Kids About Healthy Eating Brother and sister duo Vito and Mila Perrini saved their failing family farm in the late 1990's. Generations of ancestors...

Become a Sommelier and Impress Some People

Last night I took my Advanced Sommelier exam from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET). It was a nearly three hour exam that included two blind tastings, 50 multiple...

The Barbecue Enthusiast's Best Friend

Barbecue Season is Here: Stock Accordingly In my lengthy experience as a backyard barbecue enthusiast I have always struggled to find the perfect match for the glorious charcoal infused fruits...

French study finds Pesticides/Fungicides in 90%...

Pesticides/Herbicides/Fungicides... The traditional knowledge popularized since WWII has been that you can't live without 'em. Used in all areas of agricultural production, treatment with strong and largely experimental chemicals has...

Exporter Profile: Alessandro Costantini

Alessandro Costantini, Organic Cellar Italian Exporter, hard at work with his new employees It takes great people with a lifetime of experience to source wines from a country like Italy....

Fruit Flies Love Organic Food

A load of new research from an unlikely source has captured the interest of scientists and health nuts around the world. Ria Chhabra, a 16 year old Sophomore Student from Texas,...