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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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Our West Coast editor Linda Murphy (currently judging this year's Wines of Chile Awards in Santiago) draws our attention to...
Don't quote me
It’s amazing what lengths one particular wine producer has apparently gone to in order to be able once more to...
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Bill Foley is rapidly becoming a big cheese in West Coast winemaking, evidenced by his latest winery purchase, Sebastiani Vineyards...
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On 16 Dec, I made a familiar drive east on Highway 128 through Sonoma county’s Alexander Valley, en route to...
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The 2008 California growing season had it all: frost, wind, drought, heat and smoke from massive wildfires. With more adversity...
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Evening Land Vineyards is an exciting and extremely ambitious new project that spans some first class Pinot Noir sites in...
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At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
Wines of the week
From $4.99 and £7. Find this wine Have I gone mad? Choosing a California Chardonnay made by the world’s biggest...
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The best known running joke in California wine country is of course: How do you make a small fortune in...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. One of the most difficult questions...
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You may remember how I marvelled at Screaming Eagle’s vineyard manager Annie Favia in How to make a wine’s reputation...
Wines of the week
Find this wine Never let it be said that we are not topical here at JancisRobinson.com. This week’s wine was...
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I recently tasted this collection of 30 distinctive American wines currently on offer in the UK (that last phrase alone...
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Australia, then France, are the two countries that send most wine to Britain’s increasingly thirsty wine drinkers but the US...
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Flying in to San Francisco last Wednesday was a trial. Haze from Northern California's serious fires, many of them in...
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Hanzell Vineyards, the historic Chardonnay and Pinot Noir producer in California’s Sonoma Valley, has hired a gem of a winemaker...
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