Weekly Tasting Reports

Executive Editor Jim Gordon found three perfect wines from his tastings over the past week, all from California’s Sonoma County, although none was a cabernet sauvignon. Rather, a Sonoma Coast chardonnay and pinot noir from RAEN wines, and a beautiful Sonoma County cabernet franc from Vérité, earned the headlines.

In our latest Weekly Tasting Report, James rates the latest offerings from the Greek project T-Oinos and uncovers a perfect-scoring bottle from Chateau Latour, while Senior Editor Stuart Pigott samples winemaker Caroline Frey’s work in Burgundy.

In our latest Weekly Tasting Report, Senior Editor Stuart Pigott attended two fascinating tastings of German pinot noirs – one that confirmed the consistently high quality of the 2022 vintage and the other that documented key turning points in the development of German pinots. From each came some superb spatburgunder examples.

The JamesSuckling.com tasting team rated 439 wines to kick off the first month of 2025, with Associate Editor Ryan Dunn uncovering some robust red wines in Napa Valley, Senior Editor Stuart Pigott trying some top Rheingau rieslings, Associate Editor Claire Nesbitt reporting on the latest Jim Barry offerings in Australia and Senior Editor Aldo Fiordelli tasting through the verdicchio wines of Jesi,…
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