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Some promising representatives of the next generation of California wine brands. Above, w inemaker Ryan Pass of Pass Wines (photo by Emma K Creative). There was a time, more than...
Alder Yarrow
Friday 23 January 2026
• 6 min read
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Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Blanc 2022 Central Coast
Richard Hemming MW
Friday 16 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Opus One 2001–2022
Quite a vertical! In London in November 2025, presented by Opus’s long-standing winemaker. Opus One is the wine world’s seminal joint venture (first vintage 1979), in this case between the...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 7 January 2026
• 4 min read
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11 June 2020 This is a really long trip down Memory Lane in our Throwback Thursday series. We're publishing it...
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The second half of a survey of some of the brightest and best of California. See also New-wave California A–J...
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California is about so much more than Napa Cabernet and basic brands, and more and more of these lighter, fresher...
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Anna-Lisa Campos, who has been working in the wine business in New York since 2007, is quoted in Saturday’s article...
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Napa Valley has something rather exciting waiting in the wings...
In February Napa Valley Vintners hosted their annual Premiere event...
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See Australian Rieslings, and Chardonnays compared for the tasting notes of the retrospective of Tiers Chardonnay described below.
I think...
Wines of the week
Forget your preconceptions about Petite Sirah, and about California wine prices.
$20 and £22.95
It’s so exciting to discover new...
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Napa Valley's most high-profile father-and-son operations, Harlan Estate and Promontory.
Any local I have ever discussed this with is agreed...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
There is no shortage of people whose public...
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16 April 2020 To complement Ali Cooper's opinionated tasting article about Chile published today, we thought it might be fun...
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How West Coast wine producers are coping with coronavirus-induced shutdown. Rather admirably in some cases.
California and Oregon have both...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also Anderson Valley – the tasting...
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A source of pretty Pinot Noir well worth investigating. See also Anderson Valley - not to be overlooked.
Over the...
Alder on America
America's two most important winegrowing states are suffering serious over-supply while demand slackens.
One of the most hotly anticipated press...
Nick on restaurants
The city that wine and flood-defences transformed.
In a striking demonstration of how the city of Napa has changed over...
Nick on restaurants
Nick falls for one of Sonoma's most famous restaurants. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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