Spain: The 2024 Vintage in the Canary Islands

The wines from the Canary Islands tend to be released quite young: almost 65% of what I tasted this year comes from 2024, a super dry year with low yields...

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Spain: Aragón and Navarra – Green Shoots

Aragón and Navarra are Garnacha-producing regions that suffered the attack of international (French) varieties in the 1990s and 2020s. But Garnacha is coming back strong....

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USA, California, Sonoma County: Latest Releases from Peter Michael Winery

Earlier this month, I tasted the bottled 2020s and samples of the soon-to-be-bottled 2021s with winemaker Robert Fiore at the winery in Knights Valley....

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USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles: Recent Releases – Hit or Miss

Tasting nearly 700 wines across several vintages—including new releases from 2019, 2020 & 2021—it’s clear that quality in Paso is still skewed toward extremes....

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