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Peaking in Sonoma and a Fresh Turn in Beaujolais: Weekly Tasting Report (Feb 28-March 5)

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Our top-scoring bottles this week came from California, where Executive Editor Jim Gordon tasted wines from two unique vineyards, one at high elevation in the Mayacamas Mountains and one next door to the San Pablo Bay.

January 2024 Tasting Report: Nature’s Best from Napa, Balanced Barolos and Germany’s Stunning Whites

Monday, February 5, 2024

We rated 2,298 wines to kick off the first month of 2024, and came away with five perfect-scoring wines – four from Napa Valley’s 2021 vintage and one from Hungary. But what made Napa's 2021s so good?

A Sigh of Relief for California’s 2021, Plus Uniquely Tenerife: Weekly Tasting Report (Jan 24-30)

Thursday, January 25, 2024

The JamesSuckling.com tasting team added another 561 wines to its early-year tally over the course of the past week as it spread out around the globe to bring you ratings from 12 countries, including such mainstays as the U.S., France and Australia all the way to China, Peru and Israel.

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.

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.

Our Wine Choice: Veronica Ortega Mencia Bierzo ROC 2020

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Our Wine Choice this week – the Veronica Ortega Mencia Bierzo ROC 2020 – is among the latest wave of reds from Spain that show remarkable drinkability.

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.

Zeroing In on Oregon Chardonnays, Plus Champagne’s Cinderella Story: Weekly Tasting Report

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Everyone always talks about the excellence of Oregon pinot noir, but we think that more people should be chiming in on chardonnay from the state.

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.