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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...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. How's this for an idea? You...
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(See this comment on the forum about Cigare Volante) In rather convoluted celebration of England’s regaining the Ashes, I offer...
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Just trying to overcome jetlag, the price to be paid for a great trip to the West Coast of North...
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From $11.48 Find the Californian Find the Italian One of many heartening things I noticed on my recent trip to...
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24 Jun See update below. From £15.75, €19.80 and $20.99 a bottle. Find this wine It has been a long...
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It's obvious that the recession has crippled wine sales at the high end, at least in the United States. Americans...
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Who says you can never go home again? Certainly not Michael Scholz, nor St Supery Vineyards & Winery in Napa...
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McDonald 'Don' Blackburn, the Burgundy-trained American Pinot champion who held key winemaking positions at California's Bernardus Winery, Byington Vineyard &...
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Sonoma County’s Murphy-Goode Winery, founded in Alexander Valley by Tim Murphy, Dale Goode and Dave Ready but no longer independent...
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Eric Baugher, winemaker at the estimable Ridge Vineyards south of San Francisco, happened to mentioned to his boss Paul Draper...
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From £6.89 and $9.60 Find Scotto Zin Find Howling Moon Zin What a pleasure to find such a great value...
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Eighteen square miles of vineyards, apples and other agriculture in the Russian River Valley appellation are under quarantine, bringing to...
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Pinot Noir is of course flavour of the year in the US. So much so that we don't see too...
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California axes tax – for now California wine producers, sellers and buyers dodged a so-called ‘nickel-a-drink’ tax when the state...
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Pressure on water grows It was a gloriously sunny, 72 ºF in Sonoma today, so warm that I wore shorts...
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Some Californian wine lovers are up in arms about a proposed increase in duty on wine in the state. Governor...
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