California Zinfandel: The names to know
Zin has become the star of field blends and single-varietal wines
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Cakebread Cellars: A Napa stalwart
How the waterlogged 2019 vintage wines are faring and a few current releases
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Petaluma Gap AVA anniversary tasting
Petaluma Gap in Sonoma County, California celebrated its second anniversary as an AVA with a tasting of member wineries.
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California’s Bonny Doon Vineyard sold
Randall Grahm has sold his Bonny Doon brand for an undisclosed sum.
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Napa: Boisset opens museum and tasting room at historic Oakville Grocery
Showing Cabernet Sauvignon from 12 of the Napa Valley’s sub-appellations...
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Sales of Napa Valley red wines come to a ‘screeching halt’
The economic downturn has brought sales of ultra premium Napa Valley reds ‘to a screeching halt,’ according to Dan Isenhart, wine buyer at Amazing Grapes Wine Store in Los Angeles.
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Botrytis - affected grapes produce some alluring wines!
Would you eat these grapes? Maybe not, but the wines made from them are a thing of beauty, says JEFF COX. He outlines the journey of botrytis
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The minerality in wines
Critics and merchants all laud minerality in wine. The problems start when they try to define precisely what it is – as JEFF COX discovers
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Ronald Searle: My passion for wine
One of the world’s most brilliant cartoonists is also an impassioned wine lover. Jeff Cox meets a man who loves wine and hates pretensions
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Original Zinfandel
Zinfandel may not have been born in the USA, but, says JEFF COX, it's become a much-loved Californian classic with a very American stamp
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Chardonnay: a rich or lean future?
California Chardonnay refuses to be pigeonholed, says JEFF COX, but there is a move towards more food friendly wines, and the quality of fruit is better than ever
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Rome: Latin lovers
What did the Romans give us? Some damn good wines that are still going strong today, says Jeff Cox
