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Virginia wine – worth a road trip
Spring is the perfect time to check out this thriving East Coast wine region, according to Virginia native Sedale McCall, one of the finalists in our 2023 Wine Writing Competition...

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Tuesday 8 April 2025
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Jancis's diary – September 2024
Can anyone beat this for name-dropping?
If last month’s diary was a little short on action, this month’s is action-packed...
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The alcohol & health debate, France's tiny harvest, Alpha Estate buys Boutari Santorini
Plus a quick recap of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards and harvest updates across the US and...
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WWC22 – Calvin Howe
This entry to our 2022 writing competition describes the regenerative role of viticulture and winemaking in Virginia. See our WWC22...
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Virginia – V is for Variety
12 November 2020 Partly because so many of us are interested in what is going on in the White House...
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Tasting articles
Virginia's top wines?
A gallop through the top dozen in this year's Governor's Cup in the state of Virginia plus two more, and...
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Alder on America
The highs and lows of American vintage 2018
Alder traverses North America to bring news of the latest, still current, harvest. In preparing to summarise the state of...
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Smart Americans
Jancis writes Those of us on the team who are based in the UK are all too aware that we...
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Alder on America
2017 – the dangerous vintage
On Martin Luther King Day, Alder reports on the extraordinary 2017 vintage across America. In 2017, the United States suffered...
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Tasting articles
Virginia Governor's Cup dozen 2016
I was sent the dozen finalists chosen from more than 430 entries in the 2016 Virginia Governor's Cup wine awards...
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Tasting articles
North American assemblage
See this guide to our assemblages. Jancis writes I have to confess that this may be one of the strangest...
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America – a compilation, spotlight on Edna Valley
See our guide to all of this season's compilations. Jancis writes: Below are a massive 195 reviews of wines grown...
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Tasting articles
Virginia's winning wines 2015
We were shocked by Wednesday's news that two Virginia journalists were fatally shot as they broadcast live on breakfast television...
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Virginia 2014: wonderfully average
Jim Law of Linden Vineyards provides us this report on the grape harvest in the US state of Virginia. Virginia...
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Tasting articles
Virginia – a progress report
Below are notes on a dozen Virginia wines chosen as finalists in this year's Governor's Cup, together with reviews of...
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Inside information
The vintner's year – December
This is the final monthly report of Jim Law of Linden Vineyards. We have enjoyed his regular ruminations on the...
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Inside information
The vintner's year – November
Jim Law of Linden Vineyards in Virginia provides the penultimate despatch in his particular ring cycle. November is when the...
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