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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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Joanna Snawder-Manzo enthuses about the town Los Angeles wine aficionados head for at the weekend. You can find links to...
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Elaine Chukan Brown visits Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon's cradle of dreams, his new vineyard well off the beaten track...
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To celebrate 4 July we examine yeasty matters in the Napa Valley.
In 2012 Michael Silacci (pictured), the amiable Opus...
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4 July 2019 Another American contribution f or this week's dive into the archives on Independence Day, we dredge up...
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Connections with the Grateful Dead, Priorat, Macedonia and the southern Rhône drawn on the West Coast by the king of...
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Just what California should be offering us... From $10.97, CA$19.25, €14.90, 16.90 Swiss francs, £16.95, 254 Norwegian kroner Find this...
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Patrick Campbell's iconic Sonoma estate is now under new management. Has it changed? Sonoma County receives far less attention for...
Alder on America
This spring has been just as challenging for vine growers in California as in Italy, it seems. Grapevines are notoriously...
Alder on America
There'a a renaissance of sparkling wine production in the golden state.
I’ve been having something of an unnerving experience of...
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A collection of tasting notes on particularly fine wines. I try to keep a record of all the significant wines...
Alder on America
Alder reports from a West Coast that is, at last, rather damp. It’s spring in California wine country. ‘As the...
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28 March 2019 We go way, way back – 18 years to be precise – for today's Throwback Thursday, chosen...
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A history of US wine exports to Europe. This article has been syndicated. The United States is by far the...
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Elaine goes to the mountain. Click on the Ridge tag to see our extensive previous coverage of this hugely important...
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A slightly shorter version of this article about the many less classic wines being made today on the west coast...
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Our second compilation of wine reviews from the whole team on a geographical theme concentrates on the US. See also...
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