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The most successful 2020 Napa Cabs in particular are worthy of attention. A slightly shorter version of this article is...
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10 May 2023 Now with tasting notes for Opus One and Vine Hill Ranch added.
26 April 2023 Far from...
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The lad who went from working in an Oddbins wine shop in Edinburgh to become one of northern California's most...
Nick on restaurants
Nick appreciates humble baked goods as much as haute cuisine with some extremely good wines.
There is obviously plenty to...
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Alder unearths vinous treasure from the land of El Dorado.
The phrase ‘alpine wine’ is on the lips of many...
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This Napa cult wine enters a new phase of life. Above, Grace Family's Cornelius Vineyard, photographed by Suzanne Becker Bronk...
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A little corner of Germany and Austria in Lodi (photo of Mokelumne Glen Vineyard by Randy Caparoso).
Psychologists analysing paratroopers...
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Gwendolyn Alley, winner of the WWC 23 judges' mentorship prize, takes part in an amicable showdown between Paso Robles and...
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'The finest wine region in California that no one knows about' profiled, and pictured above by Wildly Simple Productions, courtesy...
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26 January 2023 Since ZinEx, a three-day celebration of Zinfandel, kicks off this evening in San Francisco, we’re dedicating our...
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California has come a long way from the jammy monster Zins of the 1980s.
Note to California readers: ZinEX 2023...
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A roster of freshness coming from some top-notch US wine producers.
UK importer Flint Wines' retail branch, Stannary Wine has...
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Some of the world's top Cabernets compared blind. So where does Bordeaux stand? See also Whither Bordeaux?
In 1982 David...
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An update on what is arguably Napa Valley's most French-influenced estate, a sister property to Bordeaux first growth Château Latour...
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Top tips around an unlikely theme from someone who knows how to sniff out the bargains.
It’s a common criticism...
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Our Pacific Northwest specialist was one of two top US performers in this year's Stage 1 MW exams and has...
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