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Shadows over northern California
Demand, and prices, are falling. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the view from Smith Madrone on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain in early November...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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Tasted in northern California
The second tranche of wines reviewed on Jancis’s recent West Coast road trip. Above, the new Overshine Collective, a group of wine producers who are combining their back-office efforts to...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 26 December 2025
• 9 min read
Wine news in 5
Trinchero purchases Mumm Napa, Chablis updates AOC, Canada sells off US booze
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 19 December 2025
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Nick on restaurants
I met Jonathan Gold, the restaurant reviewer of the LA Times who has sadly passed away at the all-too-young age...
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Alder on America
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Elaine begins this three-part, unparalleled assessment of the impact of wildfires on the California wine industry with the most recent...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
When John Williams of Frog’s Leap (pictured here) organised...
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If you wait long enough, your time will come (as Brian Croser described yesterday – see Croser crows a little)...
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This article has been syndicated.
When might a wine producer not want to make the best possible wine?
Now. Now...
Alder on America
‘It’s so crisp and cool and clear, I just love it', said pensioner Diane Tibbs while her husband Brad nodded...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See tasting notes in A British assault on...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Every few months we organise a Sunday evening wine...
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Our final contribution to Dry Riesling week is an account of a recent tasting in London. See also Julia on...
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Having devoted space to some Smart Americans last week, we bring in some reinforcements in the shape of Chardonnays and...
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A shorter version of this article is published in the Financial Times. See also Smart Americans.
At a recent dinner...
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Jancis writes Those of us on the team who are based in the UK are all too aware that we...
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This article has been syndicated. I’m assuming you are interested in wine. If so, you will have noticed that it...
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When we published pictures of our California fundraising wine tasting a week ago, I promised I would share my tasting...
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