I'm Alder Yarrow, a wine writer, author, and brand experience consultant. 🦣&🧵 @vinography + photoing at: https://xitter.cf/t.co/26rN9rwgsG

Oakland, CA
Joined November 2008
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The #OldVineRegistry has introduced the OV Seal to give producers the chance to promote on their label how old their vines are & help promote the importance and significance of old vines. @vinography explains what he hopes the new seal can achieve. the-buyer.net/insight/what-i…
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Data point of one: I attended a small trade tasting at a Napa winery today, where a Gen Z Certified Somm (I know because she told me she was both) asked who I wrote for. I told her Jancis Robinson. Her response: "Who's that?" Someone else kindly (and gently) answered for me.
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Coming soon to a wine shelf near you: The OVR Seal. A mark that allows wine producers, importers, and retailers to indicate that a wine was made from a vineyard registered in the Old Vine Registry. Connecting people and old vineyards one bottle at a time. vinography.com/2026/10/intro…
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Wanna spend your lunchtime or tea-time with me and Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyards talking about the world of wine? In slightly less than 2 hours we'll be having an Instagram Live conversation. Please join us! Check it out at @vinography or @TablasCreek - 12:00 PM Pacific
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Wine lovers! Here's your weekly suggested reading list of all things wine-related that I discovered on the internet last week and thought would be worth your time to check out: vinography.com/2026/09/wine-…
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When one of the world's most talented winemakers decides to lay out his grand unified field theory on wine, you shut up and listen. Here's Eben Sadie in his own words, plus notes on his extraordinary 2024 wines. vinography.com/2026/09/the-r…
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When the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards gave their first prize in short-form writing to a piece clearly written by AI last week, it was yet another nail in the coffin of wine writing as a discipline. vinography.com/2026/09/is-th…
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My thoughts on Vin et Hip-Hop. Tickets sold out in seconds this week, and having attended the LA version, I can see why. These events are refreshingly different than any other wine event out there, and open doors for new audiences. vinography.com/2026/09/hip-h…
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Wine lovers! Every week on Friday I post a wine-related photo just for the beauty of it all. This week's was a shot from the remarkable vineyards of Pico Island in the Açores. vinography.com/2026/08/vinog… #winethreads
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Napa's Oakville AVA is the epicenter of cult Cabernet in the valley. Here are my scores for 112 of the region's top wines from the 2022 and 2023 vintages. vinography.com/2026/08/napas…
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Earthquake in Oakland just now. Dishes wobbling in the kitchen.
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