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Wine news in 5 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 • 3 min read

Free for all 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 • 1 min read

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Jancis Robinson Friday 14 November 2025 • 19 min read

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Will 'Jesse' Jackson move that mountain?

The super-fastidious New York Times published a story on Sunday in which writer Frances Dinkelspiel detailed the opposition in northern...

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Table grapes back in California wine

In Europe, the enforced shrinkage of EU vineyards summarised in Dec 2007 in EU reform – as good as it...

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Some American gems

Although the US is now one of the three most successful exporters of wine to the UK, thanks chiefly to...

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Ridge – low tech, high tech

Low tech, high tech, is how Paul Draper (pictured here) described their approach at Ridge in the Santa Cruz mountains...

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Walter Schug remembers

I recently received the following touching email from Rheingau-raised California winemaker Walter Schug and thought it appropriate to publish it...

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AltaTech and its secret weapon

This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. How's this for an idea? You...

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The consummate Ashes wine

(See this comment on the forum about Cigare Volante) In rather convoluted celebration of England’s regaining the Ashes, I offer...

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West Coast wanderer returns

Just trying to overcome jetlag, the price to be paid for a great trip to the West Coast of North...

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Uvaggio Vermentino 2008 Lodi/Aschero Pigato

From $11.48 Find the Californian Find the Italian One of many heartening things I noticed on my recent trip to...

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Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir 2007 Santa Maria Valley

24 Jun See update below. From £15.75, €19.80 and $20.99 a bottle. Find this wine It has been a long...

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California prices soften

It's obvious that the recession has crippled wine sales at the high end, at least in the United States. Americans...

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St Supery task list

Who says you can never go home again? Certainly not Michael Scholz, nor St Supery Vineyards & Winery in Napa...

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Don Blackburn dies

McDonald 'Don' Blackburn, the Burgundy-trained American Pinot champion who held key winemaking positions at California's Bernardus Winery, Byington Vineyard &...