The 2025 edition of Great Wines World Asia – the flagship tasting tour organized by James Suckling and his team – concluded in spectacular style after stops to four of the region’s most influential cities: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. The tour brought together top-tier producers, sommeliers, trade professionals and wine lovers from across Asia, underscoring the region’s growing importance …

Readers who want to dig into Mendocino wines have a huge array of excellent quality, with the 2023 vintage showing the structure and finesse that makes for ageworthy and collectible wines at the high end alongside fresh, drinkable, everyday wines.

South Africa’s fine wine revolution has found its compass in the Swartland. The dry, windy hills north of Cape Town now yield more great wines than any other region, redefining what South African wine can be. Chenin blanc may have opened the door, but the story today is broader and deeper, with innovative growers leading the way.

A few centuries after Florens-Louis Heidsieck first presented his Champagne to Marie-Antoinette, Rare returned to Versailles to honor its origins with an extraordinary tasting – a journey through four decades of vintages culminating in the poised and radiant 2015.

A new wave of Rioja winemakers is redefining Spain’s most famous region with small-batch, terroir-driven wines that honor tradition while challenging the old guard.