Zinfandel grapes, ready and waiting for harvest are seen in the early hours of dawn in San Martin, California, in the southern Santa Clara Valley. Now better known for being the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County has been growing grapes since the 1800s and remains populated with dozens of small wineries. INSTRUCTIONS:Download this image by right-clicking on the …

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Judging wine competitions has always been somewhat thankless work. Sitting in what are often windowless, cold rooms for 8 hours at a stretch, evaluating hundreds of wines (many of which aren’t all that great) ends up being much more of a chore than it is a pleasure. For this reason, I’m somewhat selective when it comes to accepting invitations to …

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Sheep grazing in a vineyard. (Flickr: Stefano Lubiana) Does regenerative farming make a better-tasting wine? Esther Mobley reports on some promising results in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Undoubtedly, convincing all those growers to radically change the way they farm will take time. And it may take longer still to effectively communicate to wine drinkers what “regenerative” means — and why …

Viña Santa Rita’s Casa Real was the first wine from South America to become a Decanter ‘Wine Legend’, ranking alongside some of the world’s most historic bottles. This year sees another milestone for this iconic Chilean wine with the release of Casa Real 2019, the 30th vintage in its rich and impressive history. From the best terroir Santa Rita’s Alto …

Alistair Cooper MW, Dirceu Vianna Junior MW and David Williams tasted 116 wines, with 8 Outstanding and 70 Highly Recommended. South American old-vine reds panel tasting scores 116 wines tasted Exceptional 0 Outstanding 8 Highly recommended 70 Recommended 34 Commended 3 Fair 1 Poor 0 Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their red wines from any South …

Maple Rum Old Fashioned Autumn Cocktails Autumn has plenty of inspiration to offer anyone looking to cosy up with a cocktail. The warm hues of the turning leaves mirror the golden tones of aged spirits. While the produce of the harvest translates beautifully to mixed drinks. But capturing the vibrancy and flavours of fall in your cocktails at home doesn’t …

Estate vineyards at Cliff Lede in Stags Leap District. QUICK LINK 2019 Napa Cabernet: full vintage report and top-scoring wines Plantings in this AVA rise from sea level to 123m, with the craggy, exposed rocks of Stags Leap prominent above the region. Wineries that proudly proclaim the AVA on their labels include Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and Silverado Vineyards. Scroll …

Chateau Montelena, Calistoga. QUICK LINK 2019 Napa Cabernet: full vintage report and top-scoring wines Because Calistoga is in the northernmost reaches of Napa Valley, at the foot of Mount St Helena and sandwiched between the Mayacamas and Vaca ranges, it is hotter in summer than most of the region’s other sub AVAs, but also cooler at night, thanks to breezes …

Now in its 13th year, International Grenache Day is celebrated annually on the third Friday of September. One of the world’s most planted grape varieties, Grenache is widely grown in southern France, Spain (where it is known as Garnacha), the United States and Australia. It ripens late, requiring warm and dry conditions to fully ripen, but is versatile both in …

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