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On California

Chapter on the journey of Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux to California by Jane Anson

AUTHOR	Various
LANGUAGES	English
FULL TITLE	On California From Napa to Nebbiolo... Wine Tales from The Golden State

WHERE TO BUY

On California

UK: Académie du Vin Library

W: Visit the Académie du Vin Library website

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Thank you so much for taking the time to help sele

Thank you so much for taking the time to help select our 1% for the Planet charities this year.

The final two choices are:
Fonds Pour l’Arbre - a charity that is aimed at preserving and restoring biodiversity in France, specifically through the planting of hedgerows and trees. Since 1950, over 70% of hedgerows have disappeared in France, with around 23,500km continuing to be uprooted each year, making farmers less able to protect their crops, their animals and their land, as well as destroying biodiversity, and putting the natural beauty of the landscape in danger. This association aims to reverse that.

Wings of the Ocean - this is the charity that we have supported since the first year of janeanson.com, and it remained a popular choice - a brilliant organisation that has been in action since 2018, and works on cleaning up the Atlantic Ocean as well as along the shores, dunes, and various rivers and lakes around the Gulf of Gascogne and the Gironde region. They finance research, education and conservation projects including beach and underwater cleanups aimed at protecting what is one of the key migratory routes for sharks, porpoises, dolphins, turtles, seals and 12 species of sea mammals in the Atlantic Ocean.

All subscribers to Inside Bordeaux are making an impact - a huge thanks from all of us!

@wingsoftheocean_arcachon #fondspourlarbre

#onepercentfortheplanet #greenwine #ethicalbusiness #insidebordeaux #sustainablewine #winecharity #makingadifference #bassindarcachon #climatecrisis #cleanupouroceans #environment #bordeauxwines #vinsdebordeaux #subscriberbenefits

Daughter on school trip to London this week - blue

Daughter on school trip to London this week - blue skies for changing of the guard! 💂 ☀️

Wonderful wine, a happy reminder of why my recent

Wonderful wine, a happy reminder of why my recent #chateaumagdelaine vertical was such a pleasure, and so good to have @sarahonwine in Bordeaux for a few days.

Final Seat Alert!! Our inaugural Connoisseur Week

Final Seat Alert!!

Our inaugural Connoisseur Week Tuscany will be held Tuesday October 28 to Saturday November 1, 2025, and nine of the ten places available have already been secured.

If you would like to take the final space, as white truffle season gets underway in Italy, let us know. You can expect, besides the visits themselves, access to many rare wines, almost always pulled straight from estate’s own cellars, across Chianti, Bolgheri and Montalcino, together with four nights in the entirely privatised Dimora Ghirlandaio, a stunning Renaissance estate located in the picturesque Tuscan countryside, near Florence.

Among the visits will be:
Opening dinner with Sassicaia
Lunch at Pieve Santa Restituta with Angelo Gaja
Visit and dinner with Bibi Graetz
Lunch with Marchese Piero Antinori at Tenuta Tignanello
Dinner with the Frescobaldis discovering Ornellaia and Masseto

We are already so excited for this!!! Contact hello@janeanson.com for more details.

@sarahonwine @dimoraghirlandaio @thebordeauxconcierge

#winetravel #connoisseurweektuscany #connoisseurweekbordeaux #luxurytravel #luxurywinetravel #tuscanwines #supertuscans #insidebordeaux

Great to see the James Brandon Lewis Quartet at @c

Great to see the James Brandon Lewis Quartet at @chateautheatredescas last night.

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One of the key aims of janeanson.com is to search

One of the key aims of janeanson.com is to search out exciting producers that are flying under the radar, ensuring that my subscribers get access to the best stuff first.

This week, I can promise that is the case, with a wonderful tasting of wines from Xavier Copel - a boutique négociant-winemaker who works in a Burgundian style, selecting plots from single growers to make his own small batch wines from across the most iconic appellations of Bordeaux.

I first met Xavier around 20 years ago, when he was making a wine called Primo Palatum from sites across France and Spain, described by Stephen Brooks as ‘France’s upmarket counterpart of the flying winemaker’.

Today he has narrowed his focus, with numbered releases under his own name, all less than 2,000 bottles, across Pauillac, St Julien, St Estèphe, Margaux, Pomerol, St Emilion, and a few other key sites. In production since 2016, but with late release, we are the first English-language site to review them.

I have selected the 2022 vintage to do so, the perfect way to introduce not only this exceptionally talented winemaker, but also our in bottle report of this headline-grabbing vintage that we will be carrying out over the next few months.

Come discover these excellent wines, this #newcontentthursday.

#winecritic #insidebordeaux #xaviercopel #subscribercontent #newcontentthursdays

Cellars at Ch Malleret… #crubourgeois #mondayt

Cellars at Ch Malleret…

#crubourgeois #mondaytasting #winecritic

Great meeting up with @clemenshenry on Friday to d

Great meeting up with @clemenshenry on Friday to discuss the upcoming 20th edition of the Féret Guide Bordeaux et ses Vins.

The first edition, in 1846, was written as a travel guide by Englishman Charles Cocks, who then teamed up with local publisher Michel-Édouard Feret to bring out a wine guide in 1850 under the name Cocks et Feret.

This new version is due in 2026, 12 years on from the last one in 2014. Expected to clock in at around 2000 pages, covering 1000 chateaux, negociants and other parts of the wine industry, with information supplied by the chateaux but written and verified by the Feret team, led by Henry.

It’s part of Bordeaux history, good to see it on its way back…

#feret #insidebordeaux #winehistory #winecritic #winewriting

@editions_feret

Today, until 7pm this evening, a selection of the

Today, until 7pm this evening, a selection of the châteaux of Pomerol are opening their doors. A wonderful opportunity to taste some iconic wines, and enjoy visiting these world famous estates.

‘Around twenty châteaux will be opening their doors to you. There will be tastings, food trucks, exhibitions and lots of other surprises…’

Swipe left for the map and list of chateaux taking part.

#pomerol #insidebordeaux #opendoors #bordeaux

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