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Oregon Annual Report: A Payback Vintage and Pinots that Stop Time

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Oregon winemakers have been troubled in recent years by natural events in the vineyards like wildfire smoke, heat spikes and spring frosts, but they were happy to share some terrific new wines during our tastings of 843 of the state's top offerings.

Mountain Cool from Gigondas, and Soave’s Streamlined Stunners: Weekly Tasting Report (April 17-23)

Thursday, April 25, 2024

We rated 644 wines in our latest Weekly Tasting Report, with Senior Editor Stuart Pigott taking in the dramatic landscape and mountain cool wines of Gigondas, France and Senior Editor Ned Goodwin MW uncorking some fresh and stunning whites from Soave, Italy.

Claire Ramey on Sonoma’s 2023: ‘A Great Vintage in Many Ways’

Friday, April 12, 2024

Claire Ramey of Sonoma-based Ramey Wine Cellars previews Ramey Wine's 2023 chardonnays, which are now aging in barrels.

California’s Lavish Chardonnays, Oregon’s Old-Vine Pinots and Putting Behemoths Behind: Weekly Tasting Report (April 3-9)

Thursday, April 11, 2024

While 2021 cabernet sauvignons dominated the wines from California we tasted over the past week, it was chardonnay that really popped, with Executive Editor Jim Gordon finding the Ramey Wine Cellars lineup brilliant in style and emblematic of the low-yield, stellar-quality vintage.

March 2024 Tasting Report: Beaujolais Sophistication, Mountain Fresh from California and Antipodean Delights

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

We rated more than 3,500 wines in March from 12 countries, and although we uncovered only a single 100-pointer, dozens of outstanding cabernet sauvignons, pinot noirs, malbecs, chardonnays and blends came out of France, the United States, Germany, Argentina, New Zealand and more.

Mendoza’s Elite Reds and Drinking in Valpolicella Superiore: Weekly Tasting Report (March 27-April 2)

Thursday, April 4, 2024

We rated 632 wines from seven countries over the past week, with Executive Editor Jim Gordon tasting the stellar wines of Argentina’s Viña Cobos far from their source, yet at the home base of their creator, Paul Hobbs in Sonoma County, California.

Plump 2022s from Chablis, Spectacular German Pinots and Napa’s Killer ‘B’s: Weekly Tasting Report (March 20-26)

Thursday, March 28, 2024

The 2022 vintage in Chablis confirms that a warming climate challenges the typicity of the region, with Chablis’ saline oyster-shell notes and tensile mineral infusion increasingly giving way to riper fruit accents that verge on bumptious.

Brain on Winemaking: Mastering Minerality

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Want to learn more about viticulture and winemaking? Can you taste minerals in wine? Is the Winkler Index for climate over? We got you covered. Matt Brain, a former academic in viticulture and winemaking who now makes wine at Alpha Omega in Napa Valley, is writing a monthly column for us.

Our Wine Choice: Latta Syrah Columbia Valley WeatherEye Vineyard Piece 2020

Friday, March 22, 2024

Latta’s newest syrah, the Piece 2020, impressed Associate Editor Claire Nesbitt with its combination of generosity of fruit, freshness and structure – all hallmarks of a great Washington syrah.