Napa Valley Cabernet 2018: Top 10 producers and 10 wineries to watch
All of the estates featured in the top 10 have two or more wines in the report...
Napa Valley wine region
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The Napa Valley wine region is arguably California’s best known wine producing area.
It will be forever associated with the 1976 Judgement of Paris blind tasting that saw some of the world’s top palates, including Decanter’s Steven Spurrier , rate Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars ahead of classified Bordeaux.
In the subsequent 40 years, Napa Valley has gone from having a few dozen wineries to several hundred – reaching the point where limits on new winery permits are a hot topic of conversation in the area. Trade body Napa Valley Vintners has 500 members, but was formed by just seven vintners in 1944.
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Napa Valley Vintners launches ‘future releases’ campaign
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Opus One CEO to depart for Meadowood Napa Valley role
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