California
Latest California
Tasting articles
New(ish) and notable in California
Some promising representatives of the next generation of California wine brands. Above, w inemaker Ryan Pass of Pass Wines (photo by Emma K Creative). There was a time, more than...
Alder Yarrow
Friday 23 January 2026
• 6 min read
Wines of the week
Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Blanc 2022 Central Coast
Richard Hemming MW
Friday 16 January 2026
• 1 min read
Tasting articles
Opus One 2001–2022
Quite a vertical! In London in November 2025, presented by Opus’s long-standing winemaker. Opus One is the wine world’s seminal joint venture (first vintage 1979), in this case between the...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 7 January 2026
• 4 min read
More California
Free for all
Joanna Snawder-Manzo enthuses about the town Los Angeles wine aficionados head for at the weekend. You can find links to...
Inside information
Elaine Chukan Brown visits Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon's cradle of dreams, his new vineyard well off the beaten track...
Tasting articles
To celebrate 4 July we examine yeasty matters in the Napa Valley.
In 2012 Michael Silacci (pictured), the amiable Opus...
Free for all
4 July 2019 Another American contribution f or this week's dive into the archives on Independence Day, we dredge up...
Inside information
Connections with the Grateful Dead, Priorat, Macedonia and the southern Rhône drawn on the West Coast by the king of...
Wines of the week
Just what California should be offering us... From $10.97, CA$19.25, €14.90, 16.90 Swiss francs, £16.95, 254 Norwegian kroner Find this...
Tasting articles
Patrick Campbell's iconic Sonoma estate is now under new management. Has it changed? Sonoma County receives far less attention for...
Alder on America
This spring has been just as challenging for vine growers in California as in Italy, it seems. Grapevines are notoriously...
Alder on America
There'a a renaissance of sparkling wine production in the golden state.
I’ve been having something of an unnerving experience of...
Tasting articles
A collection of tasting notes on particularly fine wines. I try to keep a record of all the significant wines...
Alder on America
Alder reports from a West Coast that is, at last, rather damp. It’s spring in California wine country. ‘As the...
Free for all
28 March 2019 We go way, way back – 18 years to be precise – for today's Throwback Thursday, chosen...
Free for all
A history of US wine exports to Europe. This article has been syndicated. The United States is by far the...
Tasting articles
Elaine goes to the mountain. Click on the Ridge tag to see our extensive previous coverage of this hugely important...
Free for all
A slightly shorter version of this article about the many less classic wines being made today on the west coast...
Tasting articles
Our second compilation of wine reviews from the whole team on a geographical theme concentrates on the US. See also...
选择方案
会员
$135
/year
适合葡萄酒爱好者
- 存取 289,447 条葡萄酒点评 & 15,903 篇文章
- 存取《牛津葡萄酒指南》及《世界葡萄酒地图集》
核心会员
$249
/year
适合收藏家
- 存取 289,447 条葡萄酒点评 & 15,903 篇文章
- 存取《牛津葡萄酒指南》及《世界葡萄酒地图集》
- 提前 48 小时获取最新葡萄酒点评与文章
专业版
$299
/year
供个人葡萄酒专业人士使用
- 存取 289,447 条葡萄酒点评 & 15,903 篇文章
- 存取《牛津葡萄酒指南》及《世界葡萄酒地图集》
- 提前 48 小时获取最新葡萄酒点评与文章
- 可将最多 25 条葡萄酒点评与评分 用于市场宣传（商业用途）
商务版
$399
/year
供葡萄酒行业企业使用
- 存取 289,447 条葡萄酒点评 & 15,903 篇文章
- 存取《牛津葡萄酒指南》及《世界葡萄酒地图集》
- 提前 48 小时获取最新葡萄酒点评与文章
- 可将最多 250 条葡萄酒点评与评分 用于市场宣传（商业用途）