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Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier 2024, America
A summer-ready, silky white wine that’s widely available from just $8.99, £20.90 . The sleeper hit of Napa winery Pine Ridge, first made by founder Gary Andrus 30 years ago...
Tara Q Thomas
• 1 min read
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West of the West – Santa Cruz Mountains
Part 4 of an exploration of California’s westernmost vineyards. Above, the Split Rail vineyard in Corralitos (credit: John Benedetti) . See also California’s far-coast vineyards , the SLO Coast and...
Patrick Comiskey
• 3 min read
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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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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...
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