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Top 100 Wines of Germany 2023

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Our German Wine of the Year for 2023 says everything about the enormous progress that the nation’s leading winemakers have made since the terroir movement began to gain traction there in the late 1990s, leading to the GG dry single-vineyard wines of today.

Legends of the Rheingau, Plus Bordeaux’s 2021: Weekly Tasting Report (Dec 6-12)

Thursday, December 14, 2023

We rated 595 wines this past week from six countries as we wind down our tastings for 2023, with Senior Editor Stuart Pigott in the Rheingau region of Germany, where he had one of the most exciting tastings he can remember ever experiencing.

November Tasting Report: California’s Roaring 2021, Plus Striking Gold with Germany’s 2022

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Our ratings in November included a relative bonanza of perfect-scoring bottles – five from California and one from Germany – as we tasted more than 1,800 wines from 17 countries.

Our Wine Choice: Unterlind Riesling Mosel Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Spätlese 2022

Friday, December 8, 2023

After 40 years of being a wine critic, it is not often that wine bottles surprise Senior Editor Stuart Pigott. But when he unpacked a box of samples from the new Unterlind winery in Germany’s Mosel Valley, his jaw dropped.

California’s Great Vineyards Shine Through in 2021, Plus Fritz Wassmer’s Wonders: Weekly Tasting Report (Nov 29-Dec 5)

Thursday, December 7, 2023

California continues to impress in this week’s tasting report with so many outstanding quality 2021s, both red and white, as well as a few special 2020s, such as the pinot noirs of Calera.

Going to 11 with Napa’s 2021, Plus Riesling Purity from the Nahe: Weekly Tasting Report (Nov 22-28)

Thursday, November 30, 2023

It's not often James gives four wines perfect scores of 100 points and rates another dozen 99 points during a mere two-week tasting trip, but Napa's 2021 vintage proved that such exceptionalism is possible.

Egon Muller Magic, Plus Australia’s Vinous Stonehenge: Weekly Tasting Report (Nov 8-14)

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott was in the Mosel over the past week for a final round of visits for his just-published Germany Annual Report, and what a lineup it was, with the legendary Egon Müller-Scharzhof and Joh. Jos. Prom estates heading the bill.

October 2023 Tasting Report: Germany’s 2022, New Zealand’s Shining Syrahs and Into East Asia

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Although our October tastings of 2,017 wines didn’t uncover any perfect-scoring bottles, they did give us the chance to wax lyrical about Germany’s 2022 vintage, which gave us six of our top-rated wines during the month.

Germany Annual Report: After Flying Blind, a Smooth Landing

Monday, November 13, 2023

2022 was the warmest year ever recorded in most of Germany’s wine-producing regions, and by September vineyard soils were dryer than at any time in living memory. But late harvest rain helped producers churn out some stellar wines.