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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
• 21 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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Update Apparently these storms have been sufficient to replenish 42% of the state's water needs in the wake of the...
Book reviews
5 January 2017 We're republishing this group of Tam's wonderfully thorough wine-book reviews free today as part of our regular...
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Updated substantially on 5 January Just hours after the shock news that somms' darling Clos Rougeard of Saumur had been...
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Really useful coincidence: our big move from family house to smaller flat took place recently just a few months after...
Alder on America
17 November 2016 We're making Alder's latest despatch from America free today as part of our Throwback Thursday series since...
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Last week when I was in Burgundy I heard a great deal of talk about foreign investors in Côte d’Or...
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10 November 2016 This week's delve into our archives for Throwback Thursday provides a companion piece to today's Pinots from...
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Bad news travels fast. I woke this morning to an email from Napa Valley vintner Gregory Rodeno telling me that...
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29 September 2016 We are republishing this two-year-old article about the Napa Valley wine producer Spottswoode in memory of its...
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See also Napa Valley Cabernets – depressing? and Napa Valley sub-appellations – heartening? With its diversity of soils and mesoclimates...
Alder on America
On Sunday 31 July 2016 one of the most innovative pieces of software ever developed for the wine industry was...
Tasting articles
Elaine’s review last week of Cabernets with the general Napa Valley appellation stirred up some strong reactions, including on our...
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In the first of two major reports on current releases of Napa Valley appellation Cabernets, her first for JancisRobinson.com, Elaine...
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In our family we were particularly sad to learn that Margrit Biever Mondavi died at the end of last week...
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See also Elaine's tasting articles on Santa Barbara Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The TTB, the American wine regulatory body, today...
Alder on America
Since 2008, Chinese imports of wine have been growing at a staggering 30% or more annually, as more than 20...
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