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New(ish) and notable in California
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
Wines of the week
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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Nick on restaurants
How do winery owners put wine together with its most congenial partner? I can still vividly recall my first meal...
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How Burgundy informed northern California.
Ted Lemon of Littorai in California’s now-fashionable Sonoma Coast is a hero to many a...
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The reputation, and style, of the humble Durif has been evolving markedly in California.
Known for its brooding flavours and...
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10 February 2021 If you're looking for the latest information on our Old Vine Register, please see Our Old Vines...
Nick on restaurants
Travellers' tales continue...
When we arrived at 3 pm at the Wine Country Inn in the Napa Valley straight from...
Alder on America
Reports from the front line of northern California winemakers v fire and those in charge of fighting it.
On 23...
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The youngest Master of Wine assesses some California wines deemed respectively 'collectable' and 'covetable' in London, in less than perfect...
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In the second half of her two-part analysis of this recovered grape variety, Elaine looks at some current examples of...
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A historic grape variety is emerging from obscurity in California, at the same time as in southern Chile. See also...
Wines of the week
If value is relative, then Opus One most definitely qualifies (as does a Sonoma Zinfandel at a somewhat lower price)...
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On-the-spot reports from yet another potentially devastating fire in northern California. Publication times in bold are UK times. Times given...
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A thoroughly uplifting series of rather atypical Napa Cabernets.
One major reason I’m so glad that St Helena gets its...
Alder on America
How will northern California's power cuts affect this year's vintage?
Last week on 8 October California marked a rather sad...
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20 September 2019 In line with today's Earth Strike Day's events around the globe designed to encourage action in the...
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How do the increasing number of non-French wines now being sold in Bordeaux measure up to the wines the Bordeaux...
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Rachael Ryan guides us round one of the world’s great wine cities. See also this guide to all the entries...
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