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Same River Twice, Southern France

by  |  23-05-2025

Shortly after completing the Domaine des Crêts coverage, I was contacted by James Dunstan of Same River Twice to taste what they’re producing in the general Ventoux region of Southern Rhône. After a lengthy wine... more »

A book review of, “Mallorca & Wine”

by  |  21-05-2025

About two years ago, a colleague of mine tried roping me into writing a book on the wines of Mallorca. I was all for it as Mallorca is gorgeous and there are some really interesting... more »

Hail destroys large portion of vineyards in Jumilla

by  |  19-05-2025

On the 10th of May, a massive hailstorm ripped through the Jumilla wine region, a ‘super autonomous’ denomination of origin in Spain spanning both Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia. In a short period of time, hail... more »

Twitter/X officially the worst social media for wine

by  |  16-05-2025

For some time it’s generally seemed that Twitter has been a poor match for the wine world due to a myriad of reasons. But, according to a recent survey of 150 Catalan wineries by Enodata... more »

The wines of Croatia 2025

by  |  13-05-2025

“No alarms and no surprises.” It’s not often that you get to use a Radiohead lyric in a wine report, but I can’t think of a better way to summarize the state of wine in... more »
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Perelada’s ‘Cinc Capes’

by  |  09-05-2025

The wines below were tasted as one of the many excellent presentations during the 1st Mediterranean Wine Symposium. Leading the tasting was Delfí Sanahuja, the head of winemaking for Perelada the winery who also happened... more »

A look at the wines of Bizkaiko Txakolina 2025

by  |  07-05-2025

Don’t ask for the fizzy stuff… This was something of a mistake when I was tasting a selection of 10 wineries from the DO Bizkaiko Txakolina. The ‘fizzy stuff’ is the txakolina that most people... more »

Wines of Southern Rhône 2025

by  |  02-05-2025

The wines in this accompanying Tasting Report were tasted as part of the larger events in early March for Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, and Cairanne. They’re being included here as it’s more or less part of the... more »

The wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2025

by  |  30-04-2025

This most recent visit to Châteauneuf-du-Pape follows along with those for the reports of Gigondas as well as Cairanne, all taking place in one very intense week in early March of this year. This latest... more »

The wines of Gigondas 2025

by  |  23-04-2025

The appellation of Gigondas has been quite active as of late in terms of changing their bylaws to meet the changes in the wine industry. One of the most visible aspects of this was the... more »