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Martinborough’s Old-Vine Flair, Plus The Essence of Hungary: Weekly Tasting Report (Jan 3-9)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

We rated 569 wines in our latest Weekly Tasting Report, with James coming across a couple of extraordinary old-vine pinot noirs in Martinborough, New Zealand.

Top 100 Value Wines of 2023 ($40 Or Less!)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Our No. 1 Top Value Wine for 2023, the Muré Riesling Alsace Grand Cru Vorbourg Clos Saint Landelin 2019, is a stunning Alsatian riesling with massive structure and power that can be found for the rather amazing price of just $33.

December 2023 Tasting Report: Bordeaux Overachieves, Napa Precision and Fireworks from Germany

Friday, January 5, 2024

Our final tasting month of the year at JamesSuckling.com comprised 3,130 wines, with France and the U.S. giving us a whopping 1,456 and 781 bottles, respectively, and putting our final tally for the year at nearly 40,000 wines tasted.

Pennsylvania’s Surprising Rieslings, an Austrian Love Story and Vibrancy from Bordeaux: Weekly Tasting Report (Dec 27-Jan 2)

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott tasted a very diverse range of wines over the past week as we said goodbye to 2023, with the Galen Glen Riesling Lehigh Valley Stone Cellar 2022 standing out as the best white wine he has ever tasted from Pennsylvania.

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.

Could Sonoma’s 2021 Outshine Napa? Plus Artful Aussie Timepieces: Weekly Tasting Report (Nov 15-21)

Thursday, November 23, 2023

2021 produced some outstanding wines in both Sonoma County and Napa, but what made the vintage so great? James was in Northern California to find out.

Top 100 Wines of New Zealand 2023

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Like many of our top-rated New Zealand wines, our Wine of the Year from the island nation, the Rippon Pinot Noir Central Otago Tinker’s Field 2020, reflects extremely precise winemaking that gives it clarity, helping transmit its unique place of origin.

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.

Top 100 World Wines 2023 and Wine of the Year

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Out of the nearly 39,000 wines the JamesSuckling.com tasting team rated over the past year, there could only be a single No. 1, but what an incredible bottle it is.