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Alder's most memorable California wines 2025
Pleasure – and meaning – in the glass. In reflecting on a year of tasting, I am fascinated by what persists in memory. Which wines have remained vivid and which...
Alder Yarrow
Wednesday 31 December 2025
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Shadows over northern California
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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PARKER LOCKED OUT OF HALL OF FAME The Vintners Hall of Fame, headquartered at the Culinary Institute of America's Greystone...
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As was demonstrated in the recent blind tasting of New World Pinot Noirs, we don't see nearly enough fine American...
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Keen followers of this site and its idiosyncrasies will know that one of our favourite charities is Room to Read...
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Ready or not, here comes winter, and with it the end to the 2010 growing season in not-so-sunny Northern California...
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The 2010 Michelin Guide San Francisco is out, and it welcomes a new member to its three-star club, the Restaurant...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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Last week I had the huge pleasure of taking part in an enormously revealing blind tasting at Hardy's wine bar...
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As rumoured for some time, the Napa Valley's cult winery Screaming Eagle has now lost its popular sales and marketing...
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After one of the coolest springs and summers on record (see California 2010 – lean and mean?) , heat has...
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Following in the footsteps of Napa Valley, Paso Robles and Lodi, Sonoma County secured California state legislative approval for a...
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It was #Cabernet Day yesterday. Did you know? Possibly yes if you are an American fan of Twitter, especially if...
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It was three years ago next month that Warren Winiarski handed over the keys to Stag's Leap Wine Cellars to...
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As drizzly, foggy mornings and mild (75–85 °F) afternoons continue to delay the 2010 grape harvest in California by as...
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One of America's most famous sommeliers, Larry Stone MS, has left his post as general manager at Francis Ford Coppola's...
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Could it be that the 12.5% alcohol California table wine, a regular feature of the 1970s, will return? That's quite...
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This year Bart and Daphne Araujo will make their 20th vintage at the property they bought from Milt and Barbara...
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