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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
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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Since its first all-aboard in 1989, the Napa Valley Wine Train has been both a rail spike to the heart...
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After six years, thousands of public comments, vociferous debate and some hard feelings, Chateau Montelena, Araujo, Clos Pegase and other...
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FINE Wine Magazines, run from Finland but with editions in many important wine markets, have just released their stab at...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Twenty years ago on our first family holiday to a wine-producing...
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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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It was a relaxed Tim Mondavi who showed me around his Continuum Estate, high atop Pritchard Hill in eastern Napa...
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The revolving doors at Napa Valley wineries are sorely in need of greasing, as a number of high-profile vintners have...
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Details are sketchy, but the sale of Chateau Montelena, Napa Valley landmark winery, to Swiss businessman Michel Reybier, owner of...
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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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As the sommelier and beverage manager for the Culinary Institute of America in St Helena, California, housed in the Greystone...
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Tom Shelton, former Joseph Phelps Winery president/CEO and a leader in the efforts to protect the integrity of the Napa...
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Quite a ruckus was raised in Napa Valley last week. First, there was the shock announcement that Chateau Montelena is...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. It was to be a demanding if pleasurable finale to our...
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If you haven't been to Napa Valley lately, there are surprises in store. The landmark wineries still draw crowds, The...
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Writing my 200+ tasting notes on current-release Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons is an interesting exercise when one knows the notes...
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