We rated 2,270 wines in December to increase our total for 2024 to a record-breaking 42,377, surpassing the previous high of 41,063, set in 2023, with some newly released Napa Valley cabernet sauvignons among the headliners.

The JamesSuckling.com tasting team rated 2,744 wines in November, with the three perfect scorers during the month all coming from Germany but with additional heaps of goodness to be found from California, Australia, Italy, China and more.

Riesling wines from the 2023 vintage in Germany and Austria once again starred in our monthly tastings of 2,398 bottles, with three perfect scorers from the two neighboring countries anchoring a deep vintage that also featured high-scoring offerings of blaufrankisch, gruner veltliner and chardonnay.

We remained on course to hit our goal of tasting more than 40,000 wines for the year by rating 2,754 bottles in September from a record 22 countries. with offerings from Italy, Germany, Austria, the U.S. and Spain leading the way.

Call them the Delicious Dozen. That’s the 12 wines the JamesSuckling.com tasting team gave perfect scores to in August out of the 3,789 in total we rated during the month, when much of our work was done in some of the world’s most popular wine countries.