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Grenache – now a headliner in Washington
Cab may be king but Grenache is where the excitement is in Washington State. Above, terraced bush-vine Grenache in WeatherEye vineyard. It took only sixty years for Grenache to earn...
Patrick Comiskey
Friday 10 October 2025
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WWC25 – Daughter of Scuppanon’, by Monique Bell
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Saturday 23 August 2025
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Experience, determination and new talent are paying off in this young wine region. Alder reports on the annual Governor’s Cup...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, wine educator and communicator Meg Siobhan writes about a lesser-known hybrid...
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Some are hailing South Africa's 2025 vintage as potentially the best in two decades. Above, at Brookdale Estate in Paarl...
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Plus Trump's postponement of tariffs. Louise Hurren took the photo above in the wine region awarded Mexico's first protected geographical...
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Plus the good news of 12 new grants supporting wine education from the Gérard Basset Foundation. Hi everyone, this is...
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Alder revisits Idaho wine and has suggestions for its more viable future. A little more than ten years ago, an...
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The French are arriving and younger consumers are leaving. A much shorter version of this article is published by the...
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A clutch of under-the-radar Washington wines to seek out. Above, Roskamp Vineyard on Snipes Mountain in Yakima Valley.
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Six out of 65 wines marked good value here … especially the Foxglove range of Jim and Bob Varner of...
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In Washington, the silver lining to the overall decline in demand for wine is an increase in attention to quality...
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A round-up of some notable exporters of Oregon wine to the UK. Above, Michael (left) and Mikey Etzel, of Sequitur...
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Wines that will make you want to kick off your shoes and dance in the spring sun. Above, vines on...
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Alder unearths vinous treasure from the land of El Dorado.
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