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Trinchero purchases Mumm Napa, Chablis updates AOC, Canada sells off US booze
Plus Mendoza’s recent embrace of copper mining and the end of the Sud de France moniker on wine labels. Above, a view of Chablis. Before I get to global news...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 19 December 2025
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California's coolest county
Santa Barbara County has a great deal to offer. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, Sta Rita Hills from the terrace of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 15 November 2025
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The wines of Santa Barbara County
Jancis Robinson
Friday 14 November 2025
• 19 min read
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Napa Valley's most high-profile father-and-son operations, Harlan Estate and Promontory.
Any local I have ever discussed this with is agreed...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
There is no shortage of people whose public...
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16 April 2020 To complement Ali Cooper's opinionated tasting article about Chile published today, we thought it might be fun...
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How West Coast wine producers are coping with coronavirus-induced shutdown. Rather admirably in some cases.
California and Oregon have both...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also Anderson Valley – the tasting...
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A source of pretty Pinot Noir well worth investigating. See also Anderson Valley - not to be overlooked.
Over the...
Alder on America
America's two most important winegrowing states are suffering serious over-supply while demand slackens.
One of the most hotly anticipated press...
Nick on restaurants
The city that wine and flood-defences transformed.
In a striking demonstration of how the city of Napa has changed over...
Nick on restaurants
Nick falls for one of Sonoma's most famous restaurants. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Nick on restaurants
How do winery owners put wine together with its most congenial partner? I can still vividly recall my first meal...
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How Burgundy informed northern California.
Ted Lemon of Littorai in California’s now-fashionable Sonoma Coast is a hero to many a...
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The reputation, and style, of the humble Durif has been evolving markedly in California.
Known for its brooding flavours and...
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10 February 2021 If you're looking for the latest information on our Old Vine Register, please see Our Old Vines...
Nick on restaurants
Travellers' tales continue...
When we arrived at 3 pm at the Wine Country Inn in the Napa Valley straight from...
Alder on America
Reports from the front line of northern California winemakers v fire and those in charge of fighting it.
On 23...
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The youngest Master of Wine assesses some California wines deemed respectively 'collectable' and 'covetable' in London, in less than perfect...
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