Over half of the wines in this report come from 2023; they show more freshness than those from 2022, but the 2022s show good balance and were rarely overripe....
Read MoreThis report mainly focuses on the 2023 vintage, which has fresher and more elegant wines than in 2022, basically because of the higher yields....
Read MoreThis article is a tribute to Víctor de la Serna, Spanish gastronome, journalist, author and founder of Finca Sandoval winery, who died on Friday, October 18, 2024, in Madrid, Spain....
Read MoreIf I had to distill all the information I received, the discussions with producers and the results of my tastings into one single sentence about 2022, it’s clearly that the...
Read MoreThis report features mostly 2021s and 2022s, and they prove that Mediterranean wines don’t have to be heavy or overripe, they can also be fresh....
Read MoreThese are not necessarily my highest-scoring wines—but some are! Most of my selections are wines with a very interesting story behind them, as context is very important to me: wine...
Read MorePeter Sisseck tends to harvest early, so he was able to take a break to taste the bottled 2019s and the 2020s from cask while I was at the winery....
Read MoreWine production in the Canary Islands is relatively small, and less than a handful of the wineries I reviewed on this trip existed 10 years ago....
Read MoreIt’s thrilling to see an old wine region come back to life, and that’s what has happened to the Canary Islands in the last decade....
Read MoreThese are not necessarily my highest-scoring wines, but some are! I’ve also included an element of discovery, excitement and novelty in my selection here, with wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain...
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