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California's coolest county
Santa Barbara County has a great deal to offer. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, Sta Rita Hills from the terrace of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 15 November 2025
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The wines of Santa Barbara County
Jancis Robinson
Friday 14 November 2025
• 19 min read
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Regenerative farming is introduced to Phelan Farms by one of the world's most famous sommeliers, seeking a new life.
The...
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An opening gambit from our new executive editor US on the pluses and minuses of California wine's stylistic evolution.
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We are republishing yesterday's article on Harlan's Vine Masters scheme in Spanish (thanks, Ferran) so that the subjects of the...
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Most California vineyard workers belong to a peripatetic crew. Samantha Cole-Johnson describes a radical alternative being implemented in Harlan properties...
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Communication, in Spanish, is the key to retaining viticultural labour, apparently. California, by value the largest producer of agricultural goods...
Alder on America
An Arkansas agri-billionaire's reach in Napa Valley has been growing fast.
When properties trade monthly for double-digit millions, it takes...
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Your image of Napa Cabernet may just be out of date. A shorter version of this article is published by...
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Wines of Colgin, Corison, TOR and VHR, Vine Hill Ranch – tasted in London, which, fortunately for wine-loving Brits, seems...
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The choice between outsourcing viticulture or hiring in-house vineyard staff examined.
Among oenophiles, the word ‘terroir’ is discussed ad nauseum...
Alder on America
For the first time in many years, the laws governing how wineries can sell and advertise their products in California...
Nick on restaurants
Chairman of judges in a new professional cooking competition designed to promote California wine in the UK announces the winner...
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Breathe out. Winemakers in much of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a highly inconvenient shortage of CO 2. ‘Are you...
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Tom Parker MW reviews 43 wines from regions other than Bordeaux, which, along with others including Opus One 2018 and...
Alder on America
Last year's California wine production was severely shrunk by the effects of the 2020 wildfires, but by how much? And...
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Kate Nowell-Smith describes making wine as wildfires rage in Sonoma, and what she has learnt. She took this picture looking...
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'Hello, please find attached my article about the AJ Duckhorn vineyard, located in Russian River Valley, California, USA. It was...
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