The heart of Senior Editor Stuart Pigott always beats faster with anticipation when he travels to the valley of the Nahe, one of the Rhine’s most important tributaries. Germany is one of the big winners of global warming, and nowhere has benefited more than this rugged and dramatic valley.

An outspoken thought leader on the future of winegrowing and wine consumption, Massican founder Dan Petroski shares his thoughts on why he thinks Napa pinot grigio is his future, the sweet spot of fine wine pricing and how taking a less defensive view of next-gen consumption can set the wine industry up for success in the years to come.

The JamesSuckling.com tasting team rated 877 wines from nine countries over the past week, with Executive Editor Jim Gordon in California to got the first look of any journalist at the expanded lineup of Bella Union wines in the Rutherford appellation of Napa Valley.

Cabernet sauvignon drinkers and collectors who haven’t yet taken a position on Napa Valley’s 2021s should get busy and commit. It’s a "redemption" vintage of very high quality and eminent ageability that is destined for more greatness than 2019 and 2020.

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.

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.

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.