The highlight of the Pacific North West tasting in London earlier this year was a clutch of very fine Cabernet Sauvignons from Champoux vineyard in Washington state. They reinforced my...

It is all too rarely that we see evidence in the UK of what goes on in vineyards and cellars in the Pacific Northwest. However, a recent generic tasting of wines from Washington and Oregon exposed...

Stateside purple pagers who enjoy bold yet well-mannered wines, can look to Cadaretta, based in Washington state's Walla Walla Valley (the wines are not yet available in the UK). Washington has...

In a nutshell : Pure, vibrant, well-made varietals. Main grapes : Chardonnay, Riesling (white); Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah (red). The state of Washington in the far Pacific North...

William Foley II, owner of Foley Estates Vineyard & Winery, Lincourt Vineyards and Firestone Vineyard in Santa Barbara County, and Merus in Napa Valley, has added Three Rivers Winery in...

See purple pages for detailed tasting notes and scores of the blind Riesling tasting referred to here and for notes on current Australian Rieslings. It seemed eerily appropriate that...

Stop laughing at the back. This is a national campaign, run in conjunction with Food From Britain, to promote the sterling (definitely not euro) efforts of those behind English vineyards and their...

Washington clearly has enormous potential as a wine producer. Its wines have a brightness of fruit and acidity that can be lacking in many a California bottle. Growing conditions in the arid...

'Mildew, botrytis (pictured, by Koolbe), blue mould, green mould, you name it, it was everywhere. This is the most difficult vintage I've ever been a part of', said winemaker Sam Spencer, summing...

Much to my regret, only a handful of British wine importers really take American wine seriously. Back in 1980, when the dollar was - not coincidentally - weak, British wine drinkers were...

The wine trade is never quickest off the mark. We published a set of wine consumer New Year's resolutions on the day itself, 1 Jan 2011. But the wine trade tend to extend the New Year holidays...

From £9.99 and $15.99 Find this wine One of the benefits for British wine drinkers of the increasingly important role played by the UK's biggest wine company in the US is that...

As was demonstrated in the recent blind tasting of New World Pinot Noirs , we don't see nearly enough fine American wine in the UK, and our West Coast editor Linda Murphy is somewhat swamped at...

Wendy Stuckey won’t say so herself, but I will: The Rieslings being made at Washington state’s Chateau Ste Michelle (CSM) – the largest producer of Riesling in the world, at more than one...

Although the US is now one of the three most successful exporters of wine to the UK, thanks chiefly to the extraordinary success of brands such as Blossom Hill and Gallo, It's not that easy for us...