Weekly Tasting Reports

Our weekly reports are dedicated to the very latest tastings from the JamesSuckling.com team. These posts feature the wines that we taste just days before – sometimes just a day before! These reports will hit the site every week – so bookmark our homepage and look out for these insights into our tasting regimen, and to get the very first reviews and scores on the latest wines, many of which have not even been released yet for wider tastings.

Weekly Tasting Reports

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Weekly Tasting Report (June 15-21, 2021): West Coast Wonders, Classic Champagne Cristal and a Petite Syrah For The Ages

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

More than 500 new tasting notes are available in this Weekly Tasting Report including underrated Napa Valley reds and Washington syrahs.

Weekly Tasting Report (June 8-14, 2021): Domaine Weinbach’s Riesling Strikes Again, Pahlmeyer’s Napa Finesse, and Unmissable Chardonnays

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

James and the tasting team tried nearly 600 wines over the past week, with the top pick coming from the same single-vineyard bottling of the pristine Alsace winery of Domaine Weinbach that has scored big before.

Weekly Tasting Report (June 1-7, 2021): A Napa ’18 Sings, the Purity of Azelia Barolos and Alsace Rieslings Deliver

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

This week's report from James and his team includes almost 600 new tasting notes, with standouts from Napa Valley, a "complete vintage" from Italy, single-vineyard whites from Alsace and more.

Weekly Tasting Report (May 24-30, 2021): A famous star from Napa Valley, Billecart-Salmon’s prestige rosé and a unique, wild blend from Chile

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

We rated more than 660 wines for this Weekly Tasting Report, with high-scoring bottles from Napa Valley, Champagne and Chile and video interviews with top producers.

Weekly Tasting Report (May 17-23, 2021): Chianti Classicos and Single-Vineyard Exceptionalism, Off The Charts on the Sonoma Coast, and a Ratings Bonanza from Chile

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

This Weekly Tasting Report includes 434 new tasting notes, covering Chianti Classicos, complex wines from Washington state and superstar bottles from Chile.

Weekly Tasting Report (May 10-16, 2021): Napa On My Mind, Knockout Washington Syrahs and a Never-Ending Bounty From Bordeaux

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The biggest Weekly Tasting Report to date with more than 700 tasting notes, including 2018 vintages from Napa Valley, knockout Washington syrahs and more Bordeaux 2020.

Weekly Tasting Report (MAY 3-9, 2021): a Bordeaux like no other from Haut-Bailly, South Africa scores big with a sublime Vin de Constance, and Hobbs’ ‘vibrant’ New York riesling

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

In this Weekly Tasting Report we look at James' top barrel samples of Bordeaux 2020, (potentially) South Africa's most famous wine and more than 400 new tasting notes.

WEEKLY TASTING REPORT (APR 26-MAY 2, 2021): A PERFECT KRUG CHAMPAGNE, BORDEAUX FIRST GROWTHS SHINE AND ITALIAN MOUNTAIN WHITES RISE

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

A record tasting of more than 530 wines last week by James and his team, including a perfect Champagne, hundreds of outstanding quality Bordeaux 2020 and excellent whites from Italy’s Alto Adige and Trentino.

Weekly Tasting Report (Apr 19-25, 2021): Bordeaux 2020 a ‘merlot vintage’, plus Chile, Champagne, Italy, and China

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Bordeaux's 2020 vintage continued to reveal exceptional wines last week, while Chile, Champagne, Italy's Alto Adige and even China also rated well.