A founder of Duckhorn Vineyards, a California winemaker, Mr. Duckhorn transformed merlot from a blending grape into a premier American variety.

That last inclusion is the kind of validation that suggests the blind tasting Cole sets up in Rutherford may be working on a ...

Les 3 Vallées is the world’s biggest ski area with 600km of runs plus oodles of off piste areas. With over 4.5m visitors per year, amongst them a huge number of Brits, this trip was about staying away ...

Merlot was thought of as a grape to blend with Cabernet to give it a smoothness, as had been done for centuries in Bordeaux. After touring French vineyards, the Duckhorns believed they could make 100% ...

There are no great wines, only great bottles. This maxim, highlighting how much individual bottles of the same wine can vary, was brought home forcibly to us 21 tasters at this year’s 10 Years On ...