Zachary Sussman is a Brooklyn-based wine writer whose work has appeared in Saveur, Wine & Spirits, The World of Fine Wine, Food & Wine and The Wall Street Journal Magazine, among many others. He was selected as the 2016 Champagne Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer of the Year and is the author of the forthcoming The Essential Wine Book from Ten Speed Press (October 2020).
California Doesn’t Do Champagne
After decades of emulating French tradition, the state has forged a new, improvisational approach to the category. It’s now home to some of the most innovative sparkling wines anywhere.
- story: Zachary Sussman
- illustration: Carmela Caldart
