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Will the wheeling and dealing never end for Jean-Charles Boisset (pictured) and William Foley? Boisset Family Estates, based in Burgundy...
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The death earlier today of Jess Stonestreet Jackson, founder of California’s Kendall-Jackson Winery and owner of numerous other wine brands...
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9 Mar - Moderator Eric Asimov has contacted me to point out that in fact no one in the gathering...
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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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The 2007 vintage was one in which most California Cabernet Sauvignon producers made delicious and, in many cases, superb wines...
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It is rare for California to have a mediocre Cabernet Sauvignon crop. Typical abundant sunshine, high summer temperatures and absence...
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Justin Vineyards & Winery, one of Paso Robles' finest and most visible wine producers, has been sold to FIJI Water...
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PARKER LOCKED OUT OF HALL OF FAME The Vintners Hall of Fame, headquartered at the Culinary Institute of America's Greystone...
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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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Keen followers of this site and its idiosyncrasies will know that one of our favourite charities is Room to Read...
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Ready or not, here comes winter, and with it the end to the 2010 growing season in not-so-sunny Northern California...
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The 2010 Michelin Guide San Francisco is out, and it welcomes a new member to its three-star club, the Restaurant...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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Last week I had the huge pleasure of taking part in an enormously revealing blind tasting at Hardy's wine bar...
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As rumoured for some time, the Napa Valley's cult winery Screaming Eagle has now lost its popular sales and marketing...
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After one of the coolest springs and summers on record (see California 2010 – lean and mean?) , heat has...
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