Tag: Jim Clendenen

Au Bon Climat: now and then

The late Jim Clendenen will never be forgotten. Our own Sarah Adwalpalkar reports on a visit to the Au Bon Climat tasting room in Santa Barbara and reflects on the legacy of one of California’s great winemakers.   When planning a trip to California’s Santa Barbara County earlier this year, I sought guidance from the Berry […]

Easy as ABC: Jim Clendenen

Au Bon Climat’s Jim Clendenen is one of the most colourful characters in wine. As the wine he has made for our own-label range lands on the shelves, Sophie Thorpe sits down with the man himself

Under the spotlight: Californian Chardonnay

We put two greats of Californian wine – David Ramey and Jim Clendenen – together to talk all things Chardonnay. Here Sophie McLean shares a little of their conversation On the 24th May 1976, Steven Spurrier revealed to an awe-struck “Parisian” panel, that California – a region traditionally considered as one full of bright, ripe fruit, […]

How California got cool

There’s something going on out west: California is leaving behind its super-charged turbo-strength reputation, with a new generation striving for poise in their wines. Here, Sophie Thorpe traces the state’s exciting evolution California is unbelievably hip right now. As long as it’s the right California – the New California. In circles of natural-wine nuts, off-beat […]