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Napa's 2023 Cabernets
A banner vintage. Above, Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville produced two of Sam’s highlights of this vintage (image courtesy of Dalla Valle). In mid April, I spent two days in...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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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
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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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On 10 June, the skies above Napa and Sonoma crackled and boomed with the rare sounds of a spring thunderstorm...
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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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Forgive repetition but Raj Parr's Central Coast Chardonnays, and Pinot Noirs, just get better...
Alder on America
'I've never fired a winemaker, they've always fired themselves. Every one of them has had their own issues', said Don...
Alder on America
See also Alder's tasting notes. Do the wines of Napa share the characteristic of so many of the world's greatest...
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Evening Land is an ambitious international wine project becoming no less ambitious but much more international – not least with...
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Sine Qua Non, meaning 'a thing that is absolutely necessary', is said to be the archetypal cult wine. Apparently, you...
Alder on America
Workdays start before dawn this week across Northern California, as this year's harvest gets underway with a massive sigh of...
Alder on America
Silicon Valley lies a mere 90 miles from the heart of California wine country, but sits worlds apart. The frenzy...
Alder on America
By the time I was four years old, I had begun to visit my father during the summer at the...
Alex on taste
Imagine: it's speed-dating night for wine geeks. 'So, are you five, 20 or 100?' A nice gambit – or is...
Alder on America
For the past 20 years, the last weekend in April or the first weekend in May has always meant the...
Alder on America
'Panic! Wine Prices Due to Rise' read a recent headline on TIME Magazine's website. Welcome to the absurd states of...
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The Sonoma Coast is a ridiculously vast AVA that stretches from Mendocino almost as far south as Carneros (see map...
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