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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
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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
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In the early hours of Sunday morning, northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1989 and the epicentre was frighteningly...
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This was first published on 26 February on Purple Pages but we are re-publishing it today as part of our...
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See California Wine Summit – a guide.This was the penultimate tasting of the Summit, kindly hosted by Silver Oak (left)...
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It's high time I shared these observations on a vertical of one of the Napa Valley's most historic fine wines...
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I was recently treated to a vertical tasting of what may be the best kosher wine I have ever tasted...
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Richard reports on his first-ever visit to the Napa Valley – last week, the lucky so and so, while the...
Alder on America
See also Alder's tasting notes. Do the wines of Napa share the characteristic of so many of the world's greatest...
Alder on America
Here is Alder Yarrow's first monthly despatch from the US on what is currently preoccupying American wine lovers. To mark...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Earlier this month I was invited...
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For the first time a Frenchman has been lured across the Atlantic from a Bordeaux first growth to run a...
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PARKER LOCKED OUT OF HALL OF FAME The Vintners Hall of Fame, headquartered at the Culinary Institute of America's Greystone...
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As rumoured for some time, the Napa Valley's cult winery Screaming Eagle has now lost its popular sales and marketing...
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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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This year Bart and Daphne Araujo will make their 20th vintage at the property they bought from Milt and Barbara...
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Award-winning winemaker Rianie Strydom of Haskell Vineyards (left) has just returned from Napa Valley, where she was the first South...
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