Margaret Shakespeare

Dec 30, 2024 | themagazineantiques.com | Margaret Shakespeare

In the nineteenth century Paul Kane’s dignified and captivatingly detailed paintings of Native American life, along with the artist’s published travelogue from his sojourn across the continent, did much to form Western notions about North America’s original inhabitants. But a four-volume examination by Canadian academic Ian MacLaren digs into the slipshod observational habits and artistic license that mark Kane’s work and limit the reliability of his record.

Jul 18, 2024 | newsday.com | Margaret Shakespeare

New Zealand native Marya Martin sprang onto the international concert stage with a deep well of talent as a flutist. She had studied with two superstars of the flute world, Jean-Pierre Rampal in France and Sir James Galway in Switzerland, earned a master’s degree in music from Yale University, and then — unprecedented for a flute soloist — quickly won top prizes from the Naumburg Competition, Young Concert Artists International and Concert Artists Guild, among a batch of others.

May 24, 2024 | newsday.com | Margaret Shakespeare

It’s a sunny spring day, and it’s quiet amid the acres of vineyards stretched along Oregon Road in Cutchogue. John V. Fondacaro, co-owner of Lieb Cellars and viticulturist for Lieb and Suhru Wines, is sitting in the winery’s breezy indoor/outdoor tasting room thinking about how he got here.

May 22, 2024 | comstocksmag.com | Margaret Shakespeare

UC Davis research on native grapes may help winegrowers adapt to climate change Back Web Only Grafting European-origin grapevines to North American rootstock has been standard practice in vineyards worldwide since the 19th century. These Vitis vinifera grapes — chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon are probably the most familiar — make palate-pleasing, flavorful, complex, high-quality wine. American grapes, not so much.

Oct 24, 2023 | comstocksmag.com | Margaret Shakespeare

This story is part of our October 2023 print issue. To subscribe, click here. The solution to one of the wine industry’s most costly and threatening problems may be coming soon from Lodi — and it will trot out on four feet, tails a-wagging, with noses keener than even advanced scientific equipment. Leafroll virus, a widespread insidious agricultural infection, threatens the health of vineyards throughout the world.