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Opus One 2001–2022
Quite a vertical! In London in November 2025, presented by Opus’s long-standing winemaker. Opus One is the wine world’s seminal joint venture (first vintage 1979), in this case between the...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 7 January 2026
• 4 min read
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Shadows over northern California
Demand, and prices, are falling. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the view from Smith Madrone on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain in early November...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
• 1 min read
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See also Linda's musings on the current styles of one of the wine world's most successful combination of place and...
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The news that Barney Rhodes, 88, of Rutherford, Napa Valley, has passed on to the great cellar in the sky...
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Napa ’s new look Linda Murphy sent the report below last weekend, promising a more detailed visitor’s guide to the...
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Tony Soter is one of California’s (and now Oregon’s) most talented winemakers, turning the wines of Araujo, Niebaum-Coppola, Spottswoode, Viader...
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Last year, Jancis tasted every vintage (1982 through 2003 – see tasting notes) of Spottswoode St. Helena Napa Valley Cabernet...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See also my tasting notes...
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See Screaming Eagle – the new regime.
Below are notes on what are arguably America’s most famous wines, often discussed...
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See here for vineyards with meeting venues and see here for more winery suggestions.
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See this thread in members' forum kindly provided by Napa Valley resident and wine student Patricia Butler.
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . California wine producers are a...
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Spottswoode Cabernets are very particular – delightfully particular. Read more in an accompanying article published in free for all on...
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Linda Murphy writes: It was with both celebration and some sadness this week that Dick Ward and David Graves poured...
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Berlin-based wine writer Stuart Pigott persuaded Delia Viader to open up a vertical of her Napa Valley red when he...
Don't quote me
Vast American/Australian wine conglomerate Constellation's bid for the entire Mondavi Corporation makes a lot of sense, but I wonder whether...
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