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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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As a foretaste of her in-depth look at Cabernets from a region more readily associated with other varieties, Elaine Chukan...
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From $60.99, 65 Swiss francs, £64.99, €75 Find this wine I am a horribly stingy scorer. For a young, non-classic...
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Compared with our American counterparts, we Europeans get all too few chances to taste fine California wines. Fortunately we have...
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Sonoma’s proposed Petaluma Gap AVA – known for its Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah – is all but approved but...
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In 2009 Dan Petroski launched the entirely white-wine-focused brand Massican, sourcing fruit from iconic Napa Valley vineyards. In 2012, fruit...
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18 May The story below is likely to have important ramifications for the US wine business, so we thought we...
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See also The politics of Zin. A recent wine event in Croatia was dedicated to a single grape variety, but...
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The exceptionally heavy and much-appreciated rains seen in California this winter have people through the region feeling as though California’s...
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The 51st publication in our series of entries into our wine writing competition comes from one of our youngest entrants...
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This article has been syndicated. As you read this, be aware that, wherever I am in the world (just back...
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Less than 100 miles separates Napa Valley from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, a sprawling, leafy campus that is as...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Jancis writes I apologise for far too many pictures...
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There's something of a fashion to find the most rare and unusual wine styles...
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I have been enjoying Kistler wines for virtually as long as they have been available, soon after the enterprise was...
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Last week the University of California at Davis announced that Warren Winiarski (right), founder and former proprietor of Stag’s Leap...
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This past Saturday, 11 February, an estimated four thousand people gathered on Ocean Beach in San Francisco to offer a...
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