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California at home in the UK

Harlan family on lawn in Napa Valley

An audit of wines that have made it across the Atlantic. Plus news of changes in one of Napa Valley's most famous families, pictured above.

Jancis writes A rather good generic tasting of most of the California wines available in the UK was the last professional wine tasting I attended before lockdown in March 2020. California's Wine Institute is still very keen to beef up exports, however, so, rather than abandon the idea of exposing British palates to the latest releases, they organised a programme whereby those who might have attended a trade tasting were given a list of nearly...