Not all Spanish winemakers dismissively refer to graciano as "no, gracias," with more and more producers recognizing the grape's unique appeal and making spicy, peppery, fresh and affordable offerings.

There’s a big-picture concept to some of the top-scoring wines in this week’s report, with the perfect scores James gave to the wines of two well-kinown Tuscan producers underscoring a paradigm shift in how wineries are dealing with climate change.

The Stagecoach Vineyard on a mountain plateau overlooking Napa Valley has been a key source for Pahlmeyer winery’s lavish and powerful wines since 2004, and those same characteristics still shine through in Pahlmeyer's latest vintage in bottle.

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott started his annual deep dive into the wines of Germany with the nation’s most famous wine region, the Rheingau, where he found four perfect wines – two each from leading producers who could not be more different.

Our June tastings of 3,414 wines from a staggering 22 countries included seven bottles we gave perfect scores to and 18 that notched 99s. The 100-pointers included three from Bordeaux – all 2021 Sauternes wines – two from Burgundy and two from California.

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott and Executive Editor Jim Gordon shifted into the second stage of tasting Burgundy’s 2022 vintage over the past week and they continued to find excellence in both the red and white wines, from regional appellations to grand crus.

Executive Editor Jim Gordon and Senior Editor Stuart Pigott have just finished their deep dive into Burgundy's 2022 vintage, and found its consistent excellence on par with the great 1990.

The “heat dome” that occurred in California in 2022 is easy to forget when you taste pinot noirs and chardonnays from top producers from such regions as Sonoma Coast, Russian River, Anderson Valley and Carneros, who all managed to make tensioned and focused wines despite the unique weather event.

In our latest Weekly Tasting Report we uncovered three perfect wines from the same appellation – Sauternes – as well as a bevy of cabernet sauvignon beauties from Napa Valley.