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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
• 1 min read
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As was demonstrated in the recent blind tasting of New World Pinot Noirs, we don't see nearly enough fine American...
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Wendy Stuckey won’t say so herself, but I will: The Rieslings being made at Washington state’s Chateau Ste Michelle (CSM)...
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The highlight of the Pacific North West tasting in London earlier this year was a clutch of very fine Cabernet...
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It is all too rarely that we see evidence in the UK of what goes on in vineyards and cellars...
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Although the US is now one of the three most successful exporters of wine to the UK, thanks chiefly to...
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British Master of Wine David Lake, winemaker at Washington state’s Columbia Winery from 1979 until his retirement in 2006, and...
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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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Stateside purple pagers who enjoy bold yet well-mannered wines, can look to Cadaretta, based in Washington state's Walla Walla Valley...
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Lake Chelan is in and Paso Robles Westside is out, as the US government continues to selectively approve new appellations...
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I had the opportunity to sip Randall Grahm's single-vineyard Pacific Rim Rieslings from Washington state while thumbing through his very...
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William Foley II, owner of Foley Estates Vineyard & Winery, Lincourt Vineyards and Firestone Vineyard in Santa Barbara County, and...
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See inside information for the background to these wines from Allen Shoup and a stable of famous vintners from well...
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When Allen Shoup retired in 2000 as CEO of Washington state’s largest wine company, Stimson Lane (now Ste Michelle Wine...
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After 12 years, Col Solare – Washington state’s Italianate answer to Opus One and a partnership between Piero Antinori and...
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