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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
• 1 min read
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The wines of Santa Barbara County
Jancis Robinson
Friday 14 November 2025
• 19 min read
Nick on restaurants
Formal and informal in Sonoma
A new, Michelin two-star restaurant and, across the square in Sonoma, a much more relaxed establishment. Nick loved both. Enclos and Valley are two very different restaurants barely 200 yards...
Nick Lander
Sunday 9 November 2025
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Napa’s vignerons are proud of their 2021s, coming between the often smoke-tainted 2020 vintage and the 2022, compromised by punishing...
Don't quote me
A lot of eating, a lot of travelling and a certain amount of visiting vineyards, including this rather difficult-to-manage one...
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The French are arriving and younger consumers are leaving. A much shorter version of this article is published by the...
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Always consistent, sometimes inspired: these 94 wines showcase Napa’s talents – and that’s without even including Napa’s 2021 Cabernets, which...
Nick on restaurants
Nick visits Napa classics Mustards Grill and Auberge du Soleil and checks in to the newer Charlie’s, before fitting in...
Nick on restaurants
The city has changed, but there is no shortage of good things to eat, such as the breakfast above at...
Wines of the week
A promising winemaker and a promising California Pinot f rom $27.98, JP¥ 5,428 or £ 32.
I was very taken...
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Exactly why this historic wine region deserves to be more celebrated by California winemakers today, and some suggestions for new...
Tasting articles
Can Napa Sauvignon Blanc age? In the hands of the Araujos and Françoise Peschon, the answer is yes. Bart, Daphne...
Wine news in 5
Two well-researched, hard-hitting reports reveal some unpleasant truths shaping the wine world right now. Above, Zinfandel grapes hang unharvested in...
Tasting articles
A beguiling assortment of wines from California, Oregon and Washington. Above, spring growth in the Four Winds vineyard in the...
Wines of the week
An electric Chardonnay made from 35-year-old vines in Napa Valley at a fair price.
Some wines follow you around your...
Wine news in 5
While freezing temperatures have devastated vineyards on Canada's west coast and in Washington, California's 2023 crush – the largest in...
Tasting articles
Suddenly, everyone seems to be drinking California Sauvignon Blanc, and Alder has no idea why.
I try to keep up...
Wine news in 5
Uneasy times in the south of France and at Vintage Wine Estates on the US West Coast, while Saudi Arabia...
Wine news in 5
Regenerative organics picks up speed, Drizly shuts down, and wine is losing the battle to spirits for market share. Read...
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