Our runner-up in the JamesSuckling.com 2013 Harvest Video Competition is Chateau d’Esclans. Arguably the best rosé producer in the world, their entry is our second best video in 2013 because we think it’s the most realistic portrayal of a harvest we reviewed. A car with the headlights on moves through

Once again it’s aerial shots that brought our next runner-up, #3, into the top half of our competition, but the footage here of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Northern Italy from the region’s famous white wine producer Livio Felluga was the best of the best. To be more specific, you’ll see almost

We’re just over half way through our harvest video competition runner-ups, and from now on we get to some seriously impressive entries. No. 4 comes from Sardegna’s Argiolas, and it’s the stunning aerial shots of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions that really makes this. You may also notice the

Our next runner-up, no. 5, from Amarone producer Tommasi, doesn’t have much in the way of actual winemaking footage. But it makes up for it as one of the only entries with some good, focused dialogue on the region. The fluid and uniform travelling shots of the vineyards are also

We’re happy to have this Australian entry from McLaren Vale in at number 6. This harvest video from Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards has a lot of energy from the start thanks to lively music and quick sequences of mechanical harvesting. The cinematography is great here with washed-out colors reminiscent of desaturated

Our 9th runner-up in the JamesSuckling.com 2013 Harvest Video Competition is Rocca delle Macie, the Tuscan estate perhaps best known for their Chianti Classico Riserva di Fizzano, which features in the video.  Don’t be fooled by the serious-looking opening here: There are lots of laughs, lots of glasses of wine

It’s time to start revealing the results of the JamesSuckling.com 2013 Harvest Competition with our tenth runner-up: The merlot-famous Petrolo estate in Tuscany. What struck us the most about this video was its minimalist, ambient, almost evil soundtrack. It didn’t have the energy of some of our other entries, but

Have you ever dreamed of giving up you day job and becoming a winemaker? Thomas Baer left as the owner of the largest private Swiss bank in the world, Julius Baer, to make wine in Tuscany.  His Super Tuscan wines come from his estate Gagliole in the heart of Chianti

Click here for video featuring Castello di Bossi as part of Episode V of Chianti Classico Diaries (Castelnuovo Berardenga) Some outstanding Chianti Classico Riservas are out on the market this year, and I tasted about three dozen that you should definitely look out for. They offer bright and rich fruit