Napa Valley Cabernet: Best St Helena 2018 wines
Intensity and suppleness are unifying factors in the best St Helena wines
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Stags Leap District 2018 wines
2018 was like the old-fashioned vintages of 10 to 15 years ago...
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Rutherford 2018 wines
'It was an epic vintage,' says Frog’s Leap's Rory Williams
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Coombsville 2018 wines
These wines are powerful and burly, but fresh and vibrant.
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Mount Veeder 2018 wines
Mount Veeder is rugged, remote, and feels frozen in time compared to the valley floor beneath.
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Calistoga 2018 wines
2018 in Calistoga was a drama-free 'winemaker vintage’...
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Howell Mountain 2018 wines
Top examples include Lokoya, La Jota, Metzker and O’Shaughnessy
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Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Oakville 2018 wines
Oakville has become an epicenter of the modern, luxe Napa Cabernet
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Napa Valley Cabernet: 2018 vintage report
The best wines show control, poise and transparency
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Cobb Wines: Playing the 'Pinot Noir long-game'
A unique expression...
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Heitz Cellar: Producer profile
Matthew Luczy investigates the history of Heitz Cellar...
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Joseph Phelps Vineyards: producer profile
A visionary Californian producer...
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Arnot-Roberts: producer profile
One of California's most influential wineries...
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Jolie-Laide: Producer profile
'Pretty-ugly' California wines beloved by sommeliers and collectors alike…
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Cabernet in California’s Rhône heartland
The Paso Robles estate aiming for the top…
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Mayacamas: Producer profile
The Mount Veeder estate lauded for its ageworthy Cabernets long before the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting...
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Sommelier's view: how Covid-19 has changed my world
Matthew Luczy talks frankly about how the pandemic has altered both the working and social lives of sommeliers like him
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Domaine Nicolas-Jay: Producer profile
Matthew Luczy takes us on a tour of the Nicolas-Jay estate in Oregon...
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Santa Ynez Valley: 'The centrepiece of Santa Barbara wine country'
On the hunt for silky Pinots and focussed Chardonnays...
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Santa Barbara County AVA – plus top wines top try
A region proving itself a world-class wine making region...
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Happy Canyon AVA, Santa Barbara - plus top wines top try
Where most Bordeaux varietals planted in Santa Barbara County call home...
