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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
• 4 min read
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Meininger's International shuts down, Oregon vineyard-management juggernaut, ICE raids
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 21 June 2025
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Spain's devastating floods, UK autumn Budget impacts, Germany's small harvest
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 2 November 2024
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See also Elaine’s detailed report on more than 60 Walla Walla wines . Like many wine regions around the world...
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See our guide to all of this season's compilations. Jancis writes: Below are a massive 195 reviews of wines grown...
Alder on America
It’s not so much of a heatwave as it is a suffocating blanket. Until yesterday, 14 July, the Walla Walla...
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These 150+ tasting notes accompany my article Washington, land of plenty, which debates the merits of one region being able...
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2 July 2015 I've chosen this old 2001 article about Washington state as today's Throwback Thursday contribution from the archives...
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See also 150+ Washington tasting notes. Restriction breeds creativity, goes the theory. Where resources are limited, there is a need...
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Good news! The number of British wine importers taking California seriously has increased enormously recently. No longer the preserve of...
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23 Oct – We published this for members on Monday but thought that as a Throwback Thursday contribution it might...
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This is a slightly longer version of an article that was also published in the Financial Times. Usually when I...
Alder on America
Living for all intents and purposes in the epicentre of California wine, I find it less than easy to consistently...
Alder on America
On 10 June, the skies above Napa and Sonoma crackled and boomed with the rare sounds of a spring thunderstorm...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. José Andrés at Jaleo (pictured), Jamie Leeds at Hank's Oyster Bar...
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The following assortment of notes was gathered at the annual London showing of wines from Washington and Oregon. Together they...
Alder on America
'Mildew, botrytis (pictured, by Koolbe), blue mould, green mould, you name it, it was everywhere. This is the most difficult...
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Much to my regret, only a handful of British wine importers really take American wine seriously. Back in 1980, when...
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The wine trade is never quickest off the mark. We published a set of wine consumer New Year's resolutions on...
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