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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
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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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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See my tasting notes on...
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When an active Professor at the University of California at Davis, Carole Meredith played a key part in the development...
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Today would have been Robert Mondavi's 100th birthday and I understand it is being celebrated with many an event in...
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I was recently treated to a vertical tasting of what may be the best kosher wine I have ever tasted...
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Richard reports on his first-ever visit to the Napa Valley – last week, the lucky so and so, while the...
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