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Openings: The Latest in Napa Tasting

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December 15, 2024

Several new tasting options have opened in Napa Valley, particularly in downtown Napa where wineries are launching satellite tasting rooms. Standing out from the crowd means trying new approaches. Here are some highlights:

- CHRIS CARDOSO

Openings: The Latest in Napa Tasting

Gentleman Farmer

Vintners Joe Wolosz and Jeff Durham had extensive culinary and hospitality experience before starting their label in 2005. They recently opened the Bungalow in downtown Napa to feature and sell their food-friendly wines in a unique way. Wolosz and Durham personally serve a multicourse breakfast, lunch or dinner inspired by family recipes and prepared in their open kitchen.

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Canary Islands Vintners Fight Back Against Phylloxera

A dreaded vineyard pest is threatening 500 years of traditional viticulture in the Canary Islands. Grape-growers recently discovered the first-ever confirmed cases of phylloxera on the volcanic archipelago. Vineyards in three towns on Tenerife, the largest and most populous of the islands, tested positive for the root louse, leaving winemakers and officials on edge as a response is organized.

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1 min

November 15, 2025

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TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Even Napa's top producers struggled in the scorching 2022 vintage for Cabernet

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11 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

Regina King Creates a Tribute to Her Son With a New Wine Project

Actor, director and executive producer Regina King has been a major player in film and television for four decades, including her roles in Ray, Jerry Maguire and as Sharon Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk, which won her the 2019 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In her latest film, she plays a New York City cop in director Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. Now she’s adding vintner to her resume as she launches her wine label, MianU, beginning with an orange wine sourced from California’s Mendocino County. Pronounced “me and you,” it represents making a connection through shared experiences, she says.

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2 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

Gigondas Blanc: Exciting and New

There are fewer things more change-resistant than French wine appellation laws. It took the winegrowers in Southern Rhône's Gigondas region more than a decade of lobbying to secure the right to produce white wines that could bear the name of their esteemed cru. Finally, the Gigondas blancs, which debuted with the 2023 vintage, are making their way to the market.

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2 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

OPUS ONE 1979-2023

A 45-vintage vertical tasting shows the evolution of a California first-growth

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9 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

NAPA CABERNET 2015: Ten Years After

While shy of a classic rating, the vintage offers plenty of solid Cabernets still packed with fruit

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3 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

Napa's Dominus Buys Yountville Ranch Vineyard

Dominus Estate, the Napa Valley winery owned by Bordeaux’s Christian Moueix, has purchased the 86-acre Yountville Ranch vineyard from Markham Vineyards, next door to Dominus’ Napanook vineyard. Neither party disclosed a purchase price.

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1 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

COMPOSING OPUS ONE

Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild announced their revolutionary partnership in 1980. Today, a young team led by winemaker Michael Silacci is forging its full identity

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17 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

The Last Grape

Often overlooked Rhône red grape Muscardin is gaining attention in California thanks to Paso's Tablas Creek.

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3 mins

November 15, 2025

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Wine Spectator

DIFFERENT SHADES OF WHITE BURGUNDY

The 2022 vintage is a classic, with the elite wines joined by more affordable versions from nearby terroirs. The early 2023s, meanwhile, make for good drinking in the near-term

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7 mins

November 15, 2025

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