Chelsea Iversen
I'm a journalist.
I am a San Francisco-based freelance writer specializing in travel, wine and conscious lifestyle. I have been published in national and local travel publications. Contact me: chelsea.iversen@gmail.com
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Smart Ways to Save on Your Wedding: Invitations
My fiancé, Ryan, and I are planning a wedding in Healdsburg, California, in the heart of wine country. Like so many couples, we’re learning that planning a wedding means lots of shopping. Whether it’s paper for invitations or ties for your groomsmen...
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Wine Without Water: Can Regenerative Agriculture Help Vintners ...
AmByth Estate owner Phillip Hart has never irrigated his vineyards. California has trudged through five straight years of drought, and despite ample rainfall earlier this year, more than half the state remains in “moderate” to “extreme” drought...
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How Climate Change is Affecting Our Redwood Forests
The first half of 2016 was the warmest in recorded history. The oceans are rising, glaciers are retreating, and extreme weather events have…...
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Fetzer Vineyards Chooses Regenerative Agriculture Because It Produces Better Grapes
The Fetzer name is no stranger to the majority of stores that stock wineshelves with the company’s affordable and popular bottles. Barney Fetzer had it right when he declared, “Earth-friendly practices yield better grapes.” And better grapes yield better wine.
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Why Do We Use Wine Barrels?
s with most things wine, the proliferation of wine barrels began with the Romans. And, as with most things Roman, wooden barrels were an idea stolen from someone they conquered...
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Where People Move When They Leave San Francisco
Chances are, you have at least one friend who talks constantly about leaving the city for good. Or maybe you’ve actually seen friends pull the trigger and head to somewhere like Seattle, Boulder or Austin. Either way, planning for the inevitable departure from the most expensive city in the US is just casual — if not constant — dinner-party conversation here.
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Will Airbnb Ruin the Hotel Industry in San Francisco?
The damage the sharing economy can have on traditional industries is vast: Uber and Lyft recently decimated the taxi industry in San Francisco, bankrupting San Francisco’s Yellow Cab Co-op. So if Airbnb is to hotels what Uber is to taxis, could it prove to be just as destructive?
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The Tech Industry vs. San Francisco Public Schools — The Bold Italic
The average wage in the San Francisco tech industry is now $176K a year. While this certainly is cause for celebration if you’re in tech, such a wage largess comes with a number of consequences...
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The San Francisco-Burma Connection
On a recent trip to Myanmar, I came across a curious tribute atop Mount Popa, high above the red temples of Bagan. After ascending slowly between nats, religious relics and a cantankerous group of monkeys (one of them greedily chugging a can of Red Bull, and all of them eyeing me suspiciously), I finally made it to the summit...
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A Modern-Day Barnraiser: The Crowdfunding Platform for Food Entrepreneurs
Eileen Gordon launched Barnraiser to help people find and fund a more sustainable food system. She believes better food is possible when more farmers and food entrepreneurs have access to the money they need to join and grow the marketplace....
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Here's What Millennials Are Drinking and Why
The numbers are in: a recent study by the Wine Market Council proved just how much millennials are loving wine right now. If you were born between ’82 and ‘95, you're included in this group, which ......
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Napa Who? Cali's Other Wine Regions
Napa and its neighbor Sonoma are rightfully famous California wine regions. Gorgeous vineyards dip into valleys and paint hillsides, and tasting rooms abound with more wine than you could ever drea......
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San Francisco, Garden City
Spring arrives this month, and with it thousands of small green plants will mature into full, colorful blooms in gardens throughout San Francisco. Thankfully, the city boasts a number of gorgeous flower gardens that have been happily nourished by this rainy winter...
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7 Reasons Booze Is No Longer Cool
Something strange is going on here. People are just not drinking like they used to. Even college kids are moving away from the stuff. Huh?
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How to Spend a Day in Alameda
Sandwiched between San Francisco and Oakland, Alameda has near-perfect weather, a quaint small-town feel and the best views of the city, hands down. Not only is it just a short ferry ride away, but it’s also the kind of place where you can choose your own adventure—whether that’s getting in...