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The second tranche of wines reviewed on Jancis’s recent West Coast road trip. Above, the new Overshine Collective, a group of wine producers who are combining their back-office efforts to...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 26 December 2025
• 3 min read
Wine news in 5
Trinchero purchases Mumm Napa, Chablis updates AOC, Canada sells off US booze
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 19 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Kate Nowell-Smith describes making wine as wildfires rage in Sonoma, and what she has learnt. She took this picture looking...
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'Hello, please find attached my article about the AJ Duckhorn vineyard, located in Russian River Valley, California, USA. It was...
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'Hello again! My name is Clayton Fox and I wrote about Frog's Leap last year and the inimitable John Williams...
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Jillian Riley writes: 'I am a sommelier based in Chicago. I was previously a wine director at a downtown hotel...
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'Christina Rasmussen is a wine writer, amateur photographer and (very) amateur winemaker-farmer. She is co-founder of wine platform www.littlewine.co, which...
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Miranda McCage writes, 'I'm currently a European Portfolio Consultant with Winebow, in addition to studying for my WSET Diploma. I...
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'A member of the US Wine Tasting Team, Gwendolyn Alley traveled to the Loire in 2019 to compete in the...
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Three very, very different California wine producers compared.
The launch of the latest vintage of Opus One, the first under...
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Ben Van Antwerp's bio reads: 'Ben is a winemaker in the Sta Rita Hills for Ken Brown Wines. He is...
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'Mary K. Miller is a freelance science and environment writer with a passion for wine first sparked when she took...
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Jeff Burrows introduces himself as ' WSET Diploma candidate, freelance writer, photographer and videographer. I am the author of a...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson charts the fascinating history of one of Napa Valley's distinguishing features.
Samantha writes This article comprises my view...
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It's that time of year again… The latest wines made by the team pictured above in the cellars of Magill...
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Thank heavens someone is importing posh California wine into the UK. Though can we Brits afford it?
Wine importers Thorman...
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The adventures of three who keep slebs' cellars well stocked. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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A past Auction Napa Valley is pictured above, by Alexander Rubin for Napa Valley Vintners, but changes are afoot. With...
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