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Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier bottle and glass of wine outdoors, on table with books

Wines of the week Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier 2024, America

Tara Q Thomas Friday 5 June 2026 • 1 min read

Tasting articles West of the West – Santa Cruz Mountains

Part 4 of an exploration of California’s westernmost vineyards. Above, the Split Rail vineyard in Corralitos (credit: John Benedetti) . See also California’s far-coast vineyards , the SLO Coast and...

Patrick Comiskey Friday 5 June 2026 • 3 min read

Free for all Guide to our old-vines coverage

4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...

Julian Leidy Thursday 4 June 2026 • 7 min read

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Napa's new investor of note

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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Napa transformation exported

Your image of Napa Cabernet may just be out of date. A shorter version of this article is published by...

Cathy Corison and William Martin at their Napa Valley winery

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Napa comes to London

Wines of Colgin, Corison, TOR and VHR, Vine Hill Ranch – tasted in London, which, fortunately for wine-loving Brits, seems...

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Who should tend Napa's vines?

The choice between outsourcing viticulture or hiring in-house vineyard staff examined. Among oenophiles, the word ‘terroir’ is discussed ad nauseum...

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Three small steps forward

For the first time in many years, the laws governing how wineries can sell and advertise their products in California...

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Noble Rot wins Cooking with California

Chairman of judges in a new professional cooking competition designed to promote California wine in the UK announces the winner...

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Carbon dioxide needed

Breathe out. Winemakers in much of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a highly inconvenient shortage of CO 2. ‘Are you...

Tasting articles

Beyond Bordeaux 2021

Tom Parker MW reviews 43 wines from regions other than Bordeaux, which, along with others including Opus One 2018 and...

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Smoke taint – US lawyers' view

Last year's California wine production was severely shrunk by the effects of the 2020 wildfires, but by how much? And...

18 August 2020 looking west towards Russian River Valley from Healdsburg

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Smoke taint – a winemaker's view

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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WWC21 – AJ Duckhorn Vineyard, California

'Hello, please find attached my article about the AJ Duckhorn vineyard, located in Russian River Valley, California, USA. It was...

WWC21 Fox C - Louis Lucas and Lane Tanner in Julia's Vineyard

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WWC21 – Julia's Vineyard, California

'Hello again! My name is Clayton Fox and I wrote about Frog's Leap last year and the inimitable John Williams...

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WWC21 – Alan's Alicante, California

'Christina Rasmussen is a wine writer, amateur photographer and (very) amateur winemaker-farmer. She is co-founder of wine platform www.littlewine.co, which...