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Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier 2024, America
A summer-ready, silky white wine that’s widely available from just $8.99, £20.90 . The sleeper hit of Napa winery Pine Ridge, first made by founder Gary Andrus 30 years ago...
Tara Q Thomas
• 1 min read
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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
• 7 min read
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Tasting articles
Rajat Parr (pictured right tasting from tank) and Sashi Moorman (pictured below in the Seven Springs Vineyard) of Domaine de...
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This autumn I was able to spend time with Antoine Donnedieu de Vabres, general manager of the Eisele Vineyard, previously...
Alder on America
Fifteen years ago, at the height of wine critic Robert Parker’s influence and fame, WIRED magazine wrote an article about...
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Update Apparently these storms have been sufficient to replenish 42% of the state's water needs in the wake of the...
Book reviews
5 January 2017 We're republishing this group of Tam's wonderfully thorough wine-book reviews free today as part of our regular...
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Updated substantially on 5 January Just hours after the shock news that somms' darling Clos Rougeard of Saumur had been...
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Really useful coincidence: our big move from family house to smaller flat took place recently just a few months after...
Alder on America
17 November 2016 We're making Alder's latest despatch from America free today as part of our Throwback Thursday series since...
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Last week when I was in Burgundy I heard a great deal of talk about foreign investors in Côte d’Or...
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10 November 2016 This week's delve into our archives for Throwback Thursday provides a companion piece to today's Pinots from...
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Bad news travels fast. I woke this morning to an email from Napa Valley vintner Gregory Rodeno telling me that...
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29 September 2016 We are republishing this two-year-old article about the Napa Valley wine producer Spottswoode in memory of its...
Tasting articles
See also Napa Valley Cabernets – depressing? and Napa Valley sub-appellations – heartening? With its diversity of soils and mesoclimates...
Alder on America
On Sunday 31 July 2016 one of the most innovative pieces of software ever developed for the wine industry was...
Tasting articles
Elaine’s review last week of Cabernets with the general Napa Valley appellation stirred up some strong reactions, including on our...
Tasting articles
In the first of two major reports on current releases of Napa Valley appellation Cabernets, her first for JancisRobinson.com, Elaine...
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