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The Hess Collection

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California, highly successful ‘wine state’ of the United States producing 81% of all US-grown wine, in some years more than…

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Tasting articles The final part of my benchmarking Shiraz and Syrah mini-series covers France, New Zealand and Chile (see also part one...
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Tasting articles Elaine’s review last week of Cabernets with the general Napa Valley appellation stirred up some strong reactions, including on our...
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Tasting articles Maureen Downey of Chai Consulting, best-known for her work fighting counterfeit wines, provides this survey of 55 current Napa Valley...
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Tasting articles 27 Nov As a celebration of Thanksgiving Day (and as part of our Throwback Thursday series) we are republishing and...

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