California vintage guide

Napa Valley Cabernet 2022 vintage preview

Including 12 barrel samples from the 2022 vintage...

Sonoma Coast: 2021 vintage report and 2022 preview

A deep dive in the western reaches of Sonoma for the 2021 vintage...

Adelaida District 2021: Report and top-scoring wines

See the top wines from the exciting sub-region's 2021 vintage...

Oakville 2020: The top Cabernets from this Napa AVA

The top 2020 Cabernets from Oakville...

Napa Cabernet 2020: Vintage report and top recommendations

Jonathan Cristaldi reveals where to find the high points in a challenging year...

Spring Mountain Vineyard: producer profile & 10 wines to try

Exploring the history and wines of this remarkable property...

Napa Valley Cabernet 2018: Top 10 producers and 10 wineries to watch

All of the estates featured in the top 10 have two or more wines in the report...

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best value 2018 wines under £50/$50

Within this top 14 are wines from across Napa’s varied AVAs

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best St Helena 2018 wines

Intensity and suppleness are unifying factors in the best St Helena wines

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Stags Leap District 2018 wines

2018 was like the old-fashioned vintages of 10 to 15 years ago...

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Rutherford 2018 wines

'It was an epic vintage,' says Frog’s Leap's Rory Williams

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Coombsville 2018 wines

These wines are powerful and burly, but fresh and vibrant.

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Mount Veeder 2018 wines

Mount Veeder is rugged, remote, and feels frozen in time compared to the valley floor beneath.

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Calistoga 2018 wines

2018 in Calistoga was a drama-free 'winemaker vintage’...

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Howell Mountain 2018 wines

Top examples include Lokoya, La Jota, Metzker and O’Shaughnessy

Napa Valley Cabernet: Best Oakville 2018 wines

Oakville has become an epicenter of the modern, luxe Napa Cabernet

Napa Valley Cabernet: 2018 vintage report

The best wines show control, poise and transparency

Top California Cabernet 2015 wines: Full vintage report

Top buys from the 2015 vintage...

From the archive: California Cabernet 2011 panel tasting results

See what Decanter's experts thought of California Cabernet from the 2011 vintage...

California Cabernet 2014: Panel tasting results

See which wines came out on top...

California 2017 harvest size by grape variety

The top varieties based on newly released 2017 harvest figures...

Ridge Monte Bello wines to drink and keep

Vintages for the cellar and to uncork now...

William Kelley - ‘Was the 1997 Napa vintage the catalyst for a stylistic shift?’

How does the 1997 vintage in Napa compare to today's wines? William Kelley investigates...

Duckhorn buys California Pinot maker Calera

Major deal for Duckhorn in California...

Napa wine harvest gets underway in ‘frisky’ year

Sparkling wine estates start picking in 'classic' vintage...

Freak hail storm hits Napa Valley vineyards

Hail stones the size of walnuts...

California Cabernet 2013: The perfect scores – part two of our overview

The best of the best...

California Cabernet 2013 vintage is quite simply the finest – part 1

Heavy rainfall in California 'is a blessing'

After five years of drought...

UC Davis set to start selling students’ wine

Now it won't go to waste...