Our Top 100 Wines of the World 2024 is out now! This was our biggest year ever. Our international team of wine critics at traveled the world, visited vineyards and tasted over 40,000 wines. The full report is currently only exclusive to subscribers until

Staff Writer & Critic Claire Nesbitt highlights some of the top bottles from our latest Weekly Tasting Report, which features 574 new ratings and focuses on top 2024 vintage wines from Germany’s Nahe Valley as well as some Austrian blaufrankisch. Senior Editor Stuart Pigott

Staff Writer & Taster Brian Freedman previews our new Monterey and Santa Cruz Tasting Report, which features 311 new ratings and dives into the vibrant wine mosaic of Monterey and Santa Cruz. While Monterey was once known more for the volume of grapes it grew, it and

"The 2023 vintage was, agronomically speaking, perfect,” Niepoort's technical director Luís Pedro Cândido da Silva told Senior Editor Jacobo García Andrade. Working alongside Daniel Niepoort, they crafted wines that reflect this great year. "2023 is in line with the profile of a

Phélan-Ségur is an excellent reference point for St.-Estèphe, showcasing the signature tannin framework of this northern appellation on the Left Bank. The wines are often structured and sometimes austere in their youth, but at their best, deliver not only power but also

A ten-vintage vertical of Château d’Armailhac, tasted by Senior Editor Zekun Shuai with Technical Director Lucie Lauilhé, showcased the distinct style of the estate. The wines are consistently more vibrant, scented and fruit-expressive compared to those from its sister winery,

Senior Editor Jacobo García Andrade and Staff Writer & Taster Courtney Humiston are tasting hundreds of samples at O Gaveto restaurant in Porto. Owner Joao Silva is assisting with the selection. Portugal is producing more and more exceptional wines, particularly whites, and we’re

This is Vincent Chaperon, Chef de Cave of Dom Pérignon, with a selection of his wines, including the racy and refined Dom Pérignon 2018 (pictured in the second image). Set for release next year, it was one of the top young vintage Champagnes from our annual report. The 100-point

The long-established Hyde Vineyard in Napa Carneros grew the grapes for the highest-scoring white this week, the 100-point Kistler Chardonnay Napa Valley Carneros Hyde Vineyard 2023. Produced by Jason Kesner and his team at Sonoma-based Kistler Vineyards, Executive Editor Jim

Our new Weekly Tasting Report features over 460 wines, focusing on Napa Valley's 2022 vintage and top German wines from Pfalz. Staff Writer & Critic Claire Nesbitt highlights some of the top bottles, including two perfect scores: the Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Riesling Kirchenstück GC 2024

Senior Editor Zekun Shuai is now in Bordeaux doing some vertical tastings of the last ten vintages at some wineries that offer consistent quality and good prices. For Margaux’s Chateau Giscours, four wines stood out from his tasting of 2014 up to 2023: 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2022.

Senior Editor Jacobo García Andrade visited Rías Baixas and tasted with owner and winemaker Rodrigo Méndez who, together with Rodrigo González, crafts some of the most compelling wines in Spain. His albariños in particular are a hallmark expression of the region, speaking of

The very hot and dry 2022 was challenging for Rioja, but Cuentaviñas has delivered the best El Tiznado ever. Senior Editor Zekun Shuai did a long vertical tasting featuring 2021, 2022 and 2023 with owner/winemaker Eduardo Eguren and found the El Tiznado even more precise than the

Niepoort Wines' Head Winemaker Daniel van der Niepoort takes the spotlight in the latest installment of our JamesSuckling Interview series. In this clip he tells veteran wine journalist Susan Kostrzewa how the Douro has evolved beyond Port and why giving a voice to the region’s

Idee Fixe is a new venture from the owners of Vasse Felix, aiming to produce Champagne-style sparkling wine with a Margaret River touch. Brendan Carr oversees the new project, and in this video, he shows our Australian Associate Editor Ryan Montgomery the disgorgement of their

For our latest Sonoma Tasting Report, Staff Writer & Taster Courtney Humiston visited John Hamel of Hamel Family Wines at his Nun's Canyon Vineyard on Moon Mountain, where he has been working to achieve balance, resiliency and site-expressive minerality through biodynamic and

Our latest Weekly Tasting Report is now live, with this week's highlights featuring top-scoring Super Tuscan wines from producers like Bibi Graetz and Castello di Ama. Among the highest-rated is the Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista 2022. The

Several wines from Schloss Johannisberg stood out in Senior Editor Stuart Pigott’s tastings last week, with the Riesling Rheingau Goldlack Trocken 2022 (middle bottle) leading the pack. It spent an extra year aging in the estate's ancient Bibliotheca Subterranea cellar, resulting

What makes the Opus One Napa Valley 2015 the latest Wine Crush of Executive Editor Jim Gordon? For one, it's a great example of a top-tier Napa Bordeaux blend at its 10-year mark. The wine is showing beautifully, merging its primary brilliance of currants and flowers with

Viticulturist Lane Williams of Leeuwin Estate takes us inside Block 20, the oldest Chardonnay vineyard in Margaret River and the source of the Art Series Chardonnay, one of Australia’s most collected and iconic wines. In this video, he tells Australian Associate Editor Ryan