Napa

Tasting articles Napa Valley has arguably overtaken the Médoc and St-Émilion/Pomerol as the world’s centre of wine-based financial optimism. There is no...

Tasting articles One of many reasons for my recent trip to South and North America was to at long last accept an...

Alder on America The 2014 harvest is under way in California, but in Napa, instead of enjoying a beer in between loads of...

Free for all In the early hours of Sunday morning, northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1989 and the epicentre was frighteningly...

Tasting articles This was first published on 26 February on Purple Pages but we are re-publishing it today as part of our...

Tasting articles See California Wine Summit – a guide.This was the penultimate tasting of the Summit, kindly hosted by Silver Oak (left)...

Tasting articles It's high time I shared these observations on a vertical of one of the Napa Valley's most historic fine wines...

Tasting articles I was recently treated to a vertical tasting of what may be the best kosher wine I have ever tasted...

Inside information Richard reports on his first-ever visit to the Napa Valley – last week, the lucky so and so, while the...

Alder on America See also Alder's tasting notes. Do the wines of Napa share the characteristic of so many of the world's greatest...

Alder on America Here is Alder Yarrow's first monthly despatch from the US on what is currently preoccupying American wine lovers. To mark...

Travel tips This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For further suggestions from our Purple...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Earlier this month I was invited...

Inside information For the first time a Frenchman has been lured across the Atlantic from a Bordeaux first growth to run a...

Don't quote me PARKER LOCKED OUT OF HALL OF FAME The Vintners Hall of Fame, headquartered at the Culinary Institute of America's Greystone...

Free for all As rumoured for some time, the Napa Valley's cult winery Screaming Eagle has now lost its popular sales and marketing...