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Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Blanc 2022 Central Coast
You need to know this guy . From $23.95 or £21 (2023 vintage). Whenever I mention Bonny Doon, the response I hear most often is ‘I know that guy!’. But...
Richard Hemming MW
Friday 16 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Jancis's diary – November and December 2025
Jet lag, a bad cold, but somehow an awful lot of good wine was enjoyed. This diary is a double helping, covering late October to late December, because this particular...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 2 January 2026
• 1 min read
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The 2007 vintage was one in which most California Cabernet Sauvignon producers made delicious and, in many cases, superb wines...
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It is rare for California to have a mediocre Cabernet Sauvignon crop. Typical abundant sunshine, high summer temperatures and absence...
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Justin Vineyards & Winery, one of Paso Robles' finest and most visible wine producers, has been sold to FIJI Water...
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PARKER LOCKED OUT OF HALL OF FAME The Vintners Hall of Fame, headquartered at the Culinary Institute of America's Greystone...
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As was demonstrated in the recent blind tasting of New World Pinot Noirs, we don't see nearly enough fine American...
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Keen followers of this site and its idiosyncrasies will know that one of our favourite charities is Room to Read...
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Ready or not, here comes winter, and with it the end to the 2010 growing season in not-so-sunny Northern California...
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The 2010 Michelin Guide San Francisco is out, and it welcomes a new member to its three-star club, the Restaurant...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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Last week I had the huge pleasure of taking part in an enormously revealing blind tasting at Hardy's wine bar...
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As rumoured for some time, the Napa Valley's cult winery Screaming Eagle has now lost its popular sales and marketing...
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After one of the coolest springs and summers on record (see California 2010 – lean and mean?) , heat has...
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Following in the footsteps of Napa Valley, Paso Robles and Lodi, Sonoma County secured California state legislative approval for a...
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It was #Cabernet Day yesterday. Did you know? Possibly yes if you are an American fan of Twitter, especially if...
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It was three years ago next month that Warren Winiarski handed over the keys to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars to...
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As drizzly, foggy mornings and mild (75–85 °F) afternoons continue to delay the 2010 grape harvest in California by as...
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