“I generally don’t wade into the price argument. But dropping prices on a lesser vintage should have been a no-brainer,” writes senior editor and lead taster for California Cabernet, James Molesworth. In his most recent column, Molesworth looks into the challenging 2022 vintage in Napa and other appellations, the different paths vintners have taken to weather the storm and why he thinks many of them made a wrong decision. Get his thoughts here!
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