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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
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Shadows over northern California
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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This was a fascinating tasting through history. The first...
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How Opus One was made in the early years of this century.
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These wines, straight from the Shafers' own cellars, were tased in Miami in early March 2003. They were served, in...
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James Conaway is not the most popular man in California's Napa Valley. He has now written not just one but...
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A short but concentrated trip to the Napa Valley this week suggested a few new trends in this extremely trend-conscious...
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