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One year of The Fizz—five things we learned from interviewing the American wine industry.

The Fizz #43: Bryn & Jeffrey, winemakers at Ellsworth Wines, get their grapes through land stewardship.

The Fizz #42: Marlen & Cameron at Amplify Wines express the unique terroir of Santa Barbara County.

The Fizz #41: Ryan Stirm of Stirm Wine Co, is working with old vines & making wines with longevity.

The Fizz #40: Melaney Schmidt, winemaker at Landmass Wines is forging her own path in Cascade Locks

The Fizz #39: Christopher Sky, winemaker at Hooray For You, is thinking about sustainability

2018 Rocky Ground Cider 'Lil's Pet-Nat', and what wild apples mean for terroir

The Fizz #38: Colin Shirek of Alto Cirrus is an up and coming winemaker you should know about

The Fizz #37: Free Range Flower Winery's Aaliyah Nitoto is expanding the category with wines made from flowers

The Fizz #36: Distiller Eric Lee at Hangar 1 is making vodka from smoke-tainted grapes

The Fizz #35: Jenny and Jim of Fossil and Fawn are not clear-cutting to plant new vineyards.

The Fizz #34: Sean Turley's Cider Club is changing the conversation around New England cidermaking

The Fizz #33: Brittany Galbraith of Vermont's Dedalus Wine is focused on accessible wine education

The Fizz #32: Patrick and Danielle of Patois Cider are caring for Virginia's deep history with apples

The Fizz #31: Eric Moorer of Domestique and Selection Massale is building a thriving wine club through connection

The Fizz #30: Harvesting wild Maine blueberries with winemaker Michael Terrien

The Fizz #29: Bree and Chad Stock of Limited Addition Wines are betting on plant diversity as the future of Oregon wines

The Fizz #28: Christopher Renfro, S.F. urban viticulturist & non-profit co-founder is actively making change in the wine industry

The Fizz #27: Santa Cruz Mountains winemaker Megan Bell is helping bridge the gap in organic farming

The Fizz #26: Larissa Dubose is a career wine sales manager building a diverse industry through education

The Fizz #25: Marreya Bailey, a soon-to-be California winemaker, is on the pursuit of knowledge

The Fizz #24: Danielle Pattavina is creating queer spaces for wine lovers of all kinds

2019 Division Wine Gamay Noir "Lutte", and the volcanic soils of Oregon wine country

The Fizz #23: R A S Wines is building a blueberry wine industry in Maine from the ground up.

The Fizz #22: Redfield Cider's Olivia Maki is driven by the intersection of wine and cider, educating consumers on a beverage taking the U.S. by storm

The Fizz #21: Brianne Day uncovers the wildfire damages we don't talk about, and how she pivoted to make lemons into Lemonade.

The Fizz #20: Reflecting upon the American wine industry and the last 20 weeks

The Fizz #19: Isis Daniel is staying centered through her social media success as The Millennial Somm

2018 Broc Cellars 'Vine Starr', Sonoma County, CA

The Fizz #18: Tess Bryant, wine importer & maker, is fermenting orchard specific cider on an island in Washington State.

The Fizz #17: Chenoa Ashton-Lewis, winemaker at Ashanta Wines, is connecting with her ancestry through vineyards.

The Fizz #16: Donkey & Goat winemaker Tracey Brandt has seen California go through major changes.

2018 Early Mountain Chardonnay, Madison County Virginia

The Fizz #15: Gabriela Fontanesi is a passionate driver of farm labor activism in the wine industry, and we all need to listen.

The Fizz #14: Sunshine Foss is matching minority owned wineries to distributors, opening up channels of communication for wine brands

The Fizz #13: Lisa Hinton, winemaker at Maryland's Old Westminster Winery, is not afraid of experimentation

The Fizz #12: Jahdé Marley is a beverage professional, a community builder, and a thought leader deconstructing the wine industry.

The Fizz #11: Kelley Fox connects to her winemaking, and to Pinot Noir, through spirituality

2020 Osmote 'This Is Pét Nat', Finger Lakes

The Fizz #10: Chevonne Ball's Oregon wine tours bring wine production to the consumer.

The Fizz #9: Pascaline Lepeltier and the hybrid grapes that make up American wine history

The Fizz #8: Cara Mockrish is a farmer at heart, focused on the terroir of North Yuba County

2020 Oyster River 'Morphos', Rockland, Maine

The Fizz #7: La Garagista and La Montañuela are uncovering the hidden flor in the hills of Vermont.

The Fizz #6: Bluet Winery is Maine's tide that lifts all boats.

The Fizz #5: Lee Campbell and the open doors of the Virginia wine industry

The Fizz #4: Rania Zayyat and the fight for inclusivity in the wine industry

2019 Clos Saron 'Black Swan', Sierra Foothills, CA

The Fizz #3: Sophie Kzirian and the state of the small importer.

The Fizz #2: Napa Valley's unique terroir, with legendary winemaker Cathy Corison

The Fizz #1: Rosalind Reynolds and the future of American winemaking