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U Més U, Penedès, Catalunya

by  |  20-12-2025

This is a fun release from this winery celebrating their 25th anniversary. Produced under the auspices of DO Cava, it’s 100% Pinot Noir. They’re not the only producer in the region to use this variety... more »

Torelló – Gran Torelló 2016

by  |  19-12-2025

It’s long-been established that celebration calls for sparkling wine. We saw this no clearer when, during the pandemic and without much to celebrate nor celebrations happening, sparkling sales took a turn for the crapper. Admittedly,... more »

A book review of, “Rhône Valley: Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide”

by  |  18-12-2025

I’ve been travelling through the vastness of the Rhône Valley in France for over a decade now and thus I was quite interested to see how Matt Walls would cover it via his new book,... more »
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The 2025 release of the Catalan Vi de Finca wines

by  |  17-12-2025

While there was a 36% expansion of Catalan Vi de Finca wines at the end of 2023, all of 2024 saw a lull. This has now been remedied with the recent addition of five new... more »

An update to subscriptions

by  |  16-12-2025

Since launching the current version of the site in 2019, we've had two subscriptions with different levels of access and earlier this year we added a third. In revising the subscriptions heading into 2026, we've... more »

A book review of, “Switzerland: Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide”

by  |  12-12-2025

I haven’t any solid idea how many books there are on Swiss wine. It seems like maybe two in English with one from 1994. Regardless, even if there were a baker’s dozen, I’m very much... more »

Hudin Top 100 Wines 2025

by  |  10-12-2025 ~ 2 Comments

The Hudin Top 100 - 2025 is out now! To date, 2025 is a year that saw reviews and coverage of several thousand wines reviewed from Spain, France, California, and Eastern Europe and with the... more »

The wines of Penedès 2025

by  |  03-12-2025

Of all the things that changed for me in 2025, the biggest was my perception of the wines from DO Penedès. As shown by the latest Tasting Report of just under 200 wines, Penedès is... more »

Domaine du Grapillon d’Or – Merlot – Caladoc 2023

by  |  27-11-2025

This week has seen me visit Naples for the first time. To be honest, it was one city in Italy that was never high on my list given how much negative press has been pouring... more »

A book review of, “Rooted in Change”

by  |  25-11-2025

In this new book, Jane Masters and Andrew Neather decided to bite off a big topic and write about about the sustainability of wine in terms of what the issues are, what can be done... more »