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Sigalas & the Santorini harvest 2025

by  |  15-09-2025

It’s no secret that the 2025 harvest on the Greek island of Santorini has been exceedingly difficult. In the harvest report of Domaine Sigalas, they readily acknowledge this by leading with the line, “…the situation... more »

The state of wine media & wine Substacks 2025

by  |  11-09-2025 ~ 8 Comments

It's time for a new look at the current state of wine media, taking into account the large upswing in people creating their own, independent newsletters, which has resulted in very new version of, The... more »

The list of wine publications & wine Substacks

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For those who like to support quality wine writing (which of course cannot be done for free) here's an updated list of all the subscription wine publications and Substacks currently available. This is tied in... more »

The wines of the North Adriatic

by  |  08-09-2025

A few months back, Paul Balke reached out to me to ask if I’d be interested in a one week trip to what he calls the “North Ariatic”. As per his definition, this is a... more »

A review of, “Wine Masters Priorat, Spain”

by  |  05-09-2025

The first thing to take into account when watching, Winemasters Priorat, Spain, is that this isn’t actually about the wine region of Priorat. It is instead an hour-long showcase for Álvaro Palacios, a principal and... more »
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DOC Rioja 2025: Lower alcohol & harvest yields

by  |  29-08-2025

Heading into the 2025 harvest, there have been a number of significant changes for Spain’s DOC Rioja. As was mentioned in the annual Rioja report, the last few years have seen the region very much... more »

The wines of DO Terra Alta 2025

by  |  20-08-2025

With the release of the accompanying Tasting Report, it’s time to have another look at the wines of DO Terra Alta. As always, please review last year’s report for additional background. While the most southern... more »
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Torralbenc, Menorca

by  |  13-08-2025

When it comes to the Balearic Islands, I feel that Mallorca gets most of the press, but there are some fine wines coming out of the other islands, such as this rosé from Torralbenc. I... more »
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Hispano Suizas, València, Spain

by  |  12-08-2025

Here we are having an updated tasting at the wines from Hispano Suizas. For previous reference have a look at the tasting last year as well. The line up remains largely the same but with... more »
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Luca Leggero, Piemonte, Italy

by  |  11-08-2025

Luca Leggero’s project is a new one for me with Leggero being a quite young (only 35 as of this writing) winemaker but with boundless energy, working in the Piemonte region of Northern Italy. As... more »