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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
• 3 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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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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One of America's most famous sommeliers, Larry Stone MS, has left his post as general manager at Francis Ford Coppola's...
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Could it be that the 12.5% alcohol California table wine, a regular feature of the 1970s, will return? That's quite...
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This year Bart and Daphne Araujo will make their 20th vintage at the property they bought from Milt and Barbara...
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Stéphane Derenoncourt, the St-Émilion-based, globe-trotting winemaking consultant, has finally landed in California, not only as an advisor to Francis Ford...
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Leave it to Jean-Charles Boisset (pictured left at his new bar) to offer tastings and sales of Burgundy wines on...
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So much is in flux in the Golden State wine industry that I sometimes find myself anaesthetised to the daily...
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With my colleagues Stephen Brook and Margaret Rand, I had the pleasure of taking part in a blind tasting of...
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Reports that surfaced on 4 Jun that Sonoma's swank Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery was for sale have been...
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In 2008 when the news hit that Fred and Peggy Furth, owners of Sonoma County's esteemed Chalk Hill Estate Winery...
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News reaches us that Albion 'Al' Fenderson, the eminence grise of sales and marketing at Gallo, has died at the...
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Once again, Northern California-based Silicon Valley Bank has peered into its crystal ball to prognosticate what's ahead for the US...
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