France, Burgundy: Cécile Tremblay’s Chapelle-Chambertin – The Definitive Retrospective

This vertical tasting of Tremblay’s emblematic Chapelle-Chambertin charts her progress and evolution from 2005 to the spectacular 2019 vintage....

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Switzerland: Swiss Wine Evolution, or the Golden Age of Millennials

There's a lot going on in Switzerland, and both well-known and unheard-of producers are making unique wines of great class and expressiveness....

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USA & Canada: Emerging Regions – Martin's Lane's Wonderful Pinot Noirs and Rieslings

This is simply a brilliant set of Pinot Noirs and Rieslings from Martin's Lane in Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada....

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France, Burgundy & Champagne: Up From the Cellar 30

The tasting notes published here are, in the vast majority of cases, the fruit of a lunch or dinner spent in front of the bottle in question....

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Germany: New Mosel Rieslings, Frankenweine and Many More Wines from the Rhine

This report of miscellaneous German wines focuses on recent releases and includes a wide range of wines, but Riesling, again, plays a dominant role....

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Germany: First Heralds of the 2020 Vintage (Mainly Riesling) and 2019 (Pinot Noir)

In 2020, the great dry wines are particularly convincing, above all the Rieslings. And 2019 is another excellent vintage for Pinot Noir....

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France, Champagne: Making Sense of Champagne

Champagne is one of France’s most multifaceted and rapidly evolving wine regions. Home to some of the country’s most dynamic wine growers, as well as some of its most complacent,...

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France, Burgundy: Thomas Bouley’s Pommard Fremiers, 1990-2018

With this vertical tasing, I wanted to both highlight quite how good this cuvée is and indulge a deep dive into what makes it so special....

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France, Burgundy: Santenay’s Unsung Hero – Domaine Jean-Marc Vincent, 2003-2019

One of Burgundy’s most exciting small domaines is hiding in plain sight. You simply have to be sufficiently adventurous to drive to Santenay....

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France, Burgundy: Mercurey Rising – A Retrospective with Bruno Lorenzon, 1997-2019

Today, Lorenzon is at the peak of his career, and his 2019s as a set are his finest wines to date....

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