Executive Editor Jim Gordon and Senior Editor Stuart Pigott have just finished their deep dive into Burgundy's 2022 vintage, and found its consistent excellence on par with the great 1990.

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.

In our latest Weekly Tasting Report we uncovered three perfect wines from the same appellation – Sauternes – as well as a bevy of cabernet sauvignon beauties from Napa Valley.

We rated 610 wines from 13 countries over the past week at JamesSuckling.com, with Senior Editor Stuart Pigott leading the way by tasting a row of stunning single-vineyard red wines from Uwe Schiefer, who has reinvented blaufrankisch wines in the Burgenland region of Austria.

Italy leads the way in our latest Weekly Tasting Report with some superb reds from various appellations, including Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Barolo, Chianti Classico, Bolgheri and Toscana, but right at the top sits the unique Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2015.

A distinct minority of producers in Northern California has been leading the way for years to dramatically more linear, fresh wines with exciting tension, and Executive Editor Jim Gordon tasted a slew of great examples for our latest Weekly Tasting Report.

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott was in Alsace over the past week tasting the wines of the 2022 vintage from a row of top producers and was amazed by what he found.

In our latest Weekly Tasting Report, we rate the new releases of icon Champagnes from the top houses of Laurent Perrier and Krug, and Senior Editor Stuart Pigott taps into a plush and concentrated syrah from Switzerland.

Senior Editor Stuart Pigott and Tasting Manager Kevin Davy continued their Rhone research trip in the region’s rocky northern region with a number of mind-blowing tastings and four M. Chapoutier wines earning perfect ratings of 100 points.