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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
• 9 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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Issues, both human and viticultural, currently confronting Napa Valley vineyards. Above, Miguel Luna of Silverado Farming Company with his La...
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Napa Valley’s 2021 Cabernet Sauvignons are balm after the fire-scarred vintage of 2020. See also part 1 of this report...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Suddenly, everyone seems to be drinking California Sauvignon Blanc, and Alder has no idea why.
I try to keep up...
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