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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The wines of Cairanne 2025

by  |  21-04-2025

It seems like only a blink ago that I was publishing the first report on the wines of Cairanne. Despite not much time passing, I was quite excited by what I tasted last summer and... more »

The wines of Madeira 2025

by  |  10-04-2025

If you’re not going up the side of a mountain in Madeira, then you’re most likely sitting in the water. I live in the mountains, but I’ve rarely seen such an extreme and vertiginous landscape... more »

The wines of Aragón 2025

by  |  27-03-2025

It was time to revisit the fine wines being produced in the region of Aragón which sits between Catalunya and Navarra/Rioja with both Castillas on its western flank and Valencia on its east. With higher... more »

The wines of Corpinnat 2025

by  |  18-03-2025

At the end of tasting nearly 50 wines for this, the latest Corpinnat report. Ramon Jané of Mas Candí asked, “So tell me, what’s the opinion of Corpinnat out there in the wine world?” Having... more »