Paul Hobbs and his finely honed pinot noirs and chardonnays from 2023 are among the stars of our latest Weekly Tasting Report of 396 wines.

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,…

The JamesSuckling.com tasting team rated 569 wines in the final week of 2024 to bring our grand total for the year to a record-breaking 42,377 (including 1,200 barrel tastings), outpacing the 41,063 wines we rated in 2023, with Senior Editor Stuart Pigott checking in with a slew of the top scorers for the week during his journey to the Traben-Trarbach region of Germany’s Mosel Valley.

The JamesSuckling.com team rated 386 wines in its penultimate tasting week of 2024, with Jim Gordon wrapping up his annual tastings in California, Senior Editor Stuart Pigott delving into a special vertical of German silvaner wines and Associate Editor Ryan Montgomery climbing into the Macedon Ranges in Australia.