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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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Jancis Robinson
Friday 14 November 2025
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Find this wine Never let it be said that we are not topical here at JancisRobinson.com. This week’s wine was...
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I recently tasted this collection of 30 distinctive American wines currently on offer in the UK (that last phrase alone...
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Australia, then France, are the two countries that send most wine to Britain’s increasingly thirsty wine drinkers but the US...
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Flying in to San Francisco last Wednesday was a trial. Haze from Northern California's serious fires, many of them in...
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Hanzell Vineyards, the historic Chardonnay and Pinot Noir producer in California’s Sonoma Valley, has hired a gem of a winemaker...
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As predicted here, Constellation Brands has sold several wine brands it acquired in its December 2007 purchase of Beam Wine...
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Lest anyone think that all California growing seasons are easy and uniform, 2008 comes along to dispel the myth. In...
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Jamie Davies, the “grande dame” of Napa Valley’s Schramsberg Vineyards sparkling wine house, died Feb 12 at her Calistoga estate...
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In the mid 20 th century Inglenook was one of the wine producers that put California on the world map...
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After several years of too much oak, overt buttery character and weak acidity – downright flabby wines – California Chardonnay...
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18 Dec – the latest development is that yesterday the TTB extended the public comment period, which was due to...
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It was recently North America’s turn for a red wine tender for British Airways First Class (see the results of...
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Victor Gallegos is a most unusual vintner, a Californian with one foot firmly planted in the Pinot Noir-producing Sta. Rita...
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With the increasing presence of hotshot, high-scoring California Pinot Noirs in the market ( Aubert, Black Kite, Emeritus, Kosta Browne...
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Here, in alphabetical order of producer, is a complete list of the wines described in American whites – the most...
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I recently asked a number of California vintners, marketers and industry officials on what might happen to the Golden State’s...
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