Napa

The Society’s Exhibition Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 (Frog’s Leap), California (£18 The Wine Society) On the subtle side for Napa, but still with no shortage of blackberry and blackcurrant flavours, with some vanilla and spice to back it up. Tasty now, but there’s freshness and ripe tannin here, so […]

A trio of Cabernet Sauvignon-influenced reds

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Wind Gap Syrah 2008, Sonoma County, California (£27.72 Vineyard Cellars) Combines a smoky bacon-fat note with gentle berry and plum fruit, wonderful herby freshness and streak of minerality. Would be hard pushed to spot this as a Californian red. S(+) Charles Smith Boom Boom! Syrah 2010, Columbia Valley, Washington State […]

Wine Tasting Video: US Syrah from California & Washington State

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It’s not all that much of a surprise to see Francis Ford Coppola acquiring the Inglenook name and rechristening his Rubicon estate Inglenook – more newsworthy is the arrival of Philippe Bascaules from Chateau Margaux as Estate Manager and Winemaker. Click here for more info

Rubicon Becomes Inglenook

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