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View from Smith Madrone on Spring Mountain
Free for all Shadows over northern California

Demand, and prices, are falling. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the view from Smith Madrone on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain in early November...

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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...

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Tasting articles Eric Baugher, winemaker at the estimable Ridge Vineyards south of San Francisco, happened to mentioned to his boss Paul Draper...
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Wines of the week From £6.89 and $9.60 Find Scotto Zin Find Howling Moon Zin What a pleasure to find such a great value...
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Free for all Eighteen square miles of vineyards, apples and other agriculture in the Russian River Valley appellation are under quarantine, bringing to...
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Tasting articles Pinot Noir is of course flavour of the year in the US. So much so that we don't see too...
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Free for all California axes tax – for now California wine producers, sellers and buyers dodged a so-called ‘nickel-a-drink’ tax when the state...
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Free for all Pressure on water grows It was a gloriously sunny, 72 ºF in Sonoma today, so warm that I wore shorts...
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Don't quote me Some Californian wine lovers are up in arms about a proposed increase in duty on wine in the state. Governor...
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Tasting articles Our West Coast editor Linda Murphy (currently judging this year's Wines of Chile Awards in Santiago) draws our attention to...
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Don't quote me It’s amazing what lengths one particular wine producer has apparently gone to in order to be able once more to...
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Inside information Bill Foley is rapidly becoming a big cheese in West Coast winemaking, evidenced by his latest winery purchase, Sebastiani Vineyards...
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Inside information On 16 Dec, I made a familiar drive east on Highway 128 through Sonoma county’s Alexander Valley, en route to...
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Inside information The 2008 California growing season had it all: frost, wind, drought, heat and smoke from massive wildfires. With more adversity...
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Tasting articles Evening Land Vineyards is an exciting and extremely ambitious new project that spans some first class Pinot Noir sites in...
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Inside information At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
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Wines of the week From $4.99 and £7. Find this wine Have I gone mad? Choosing a California Chardonnay made by the world’s biggest...
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Inside information The best known running joke in California wine country is of course: How do you make a small fortune in...
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