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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
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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Elaine was treated to the unique luxury of tasting every vintage of Cathy Corison's very special single-vineyard Cabernet. Cathy herself...
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Hot air, hype and ambition aplenty in this new-product announcement. I thought you might like an inside look at how...
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From Lifetime Achievement Award to a brand new enterprise. On Wednesday it was announced that Bob Lindquist, one of California’s...
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I present to you today the current Pinot Noirs of two very different American producers. Sonoma-based Jamie Kutch is a...
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From tiny artisan to international superstar consultant.
Updating The World Atlas of Wine has limited my travels last year and...
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Happy New Year! Feast your eyes on one dynamic British importer's current range of American wines. This week London importer...
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The final instalment of this four-part history of California's most popular grape variety. See also part 1, part 2 and...
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See part 1, part 2 and part 4 of this four-part history of California's most popular grape variety.
The globalisation...
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See part 1, part 3, and part 4 of this four-part account of California's most-planted grape.
The building of California...
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This is the first of a four-part account of California's most-planted vine variety. See part 2, part 3 and part...
Alder on America
Pressures on those directly responsible for the California grape crop. Amid a tide of animosity focused on people of Mexican...
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A slightly shorter version of this round-up of delicious Pinot Noirs is published by the Financial Times. It would be...
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4 August 2020 See this update. It transpires that Gingin, Mendoza and OF are in fact three different clones of...
Alder on America
Alder traverses North America to bring news of the latest, still current, harvest. In preparing to summarise the state of...
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White burgundy apart, it's amazing how many of the greatest Chardonnays today are grown in the southern hemisphere. Seen here...
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A tasting of back vintages of some top-end California reds suggests that older is not always better. As this ongoing...
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