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The wines of Collioure-Banyuls 2025

by  |  05-06-2025

For several years now, I’ve been compiling reports on the Roussillon region of Southern France. When tasting through the samples at the CIVR (the local regulatory and promotion body), there was always this brilliant moment... more »

The wines of Roussillon 2025

by  |  03-06-2025

There is nothing that’s static in the wine world. Thankfully this means that something which changed in Roussillon, was the weather. After several years of extreme drought which were exacerbated by the fact you can’t... more »
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Château Musar, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

by  |  29-05-2025

Château Musar is no stranger here and for good reason as they’re essentially the epitome of fine wine from Lebanon and they’ve a very unique style all their own. They’re able to blend Bordeaux and... more »

Monte Rossa PR Blanc de Blancs NV

by  |  27-05-2025

I’m going to state which is obvious once you think about it in that any quality sparkling wine region in the world has to start with a ‘C’. No C, no quality. You think I’m... more »
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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 »