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‘Tis The Season for Sparkling Wine
featured, Italy
, Dec 2024
The holiday season is prime time for sparkling wine consumption and gifting. While consumers have many choices, Italian sparkling wines offer tremendous diversity and value. Think outside of the box and reap the rewards.
New Releases from the Tuscan Maremma
featured, Italy: Tuscany
, Dec 2024
My annual report on the Tuscan Maremma takes an in-depth look at wines produced along a vast swath of land on the coast that stretches more than 100 miles (160 kilometers), starting in Grosseto and moving north all the way to Pisa. This expansive region encompasses numerous appellations, each of them quite distinctive. Overall, I was very impressed with the quality of what I tasted.
The Vinous 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
featured
, Dec 2024
In this year's Vinous 2024 Holiday Gift Guide, Antonio Galloni writes, "Finding that perfect holiday gift can be a challenge. This year’s Vinous Holiday Gift Guide highlights some of our favorites, including stocking stuffers, glasses, maps, books and more. Whether you are shopping for someone who is new to wine or for a savvy collector, we’ve got something for everyone."
Better Late than Never: The 2022 Vintage in Washington State
featured, United States: Washington
, Dec 2024
My ears perk up with excitement when I hear of cool, extended growing seasons in any region. So, how did Washington State producers fare in the idiosyncratic 2022 vintage? Success wasn’t easy to come by, but it also wasn’t unattainable.
Dunn: Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 1985-2014
United States: California, featured, Verticals & Retrospectives, napa
, Dec 2024
I have always been drawn to archetypes. Reference points. Wines that are standard bearers for their variety, appellation and/or style. Perhaps that is a vestige of my musical training, but there is something about classics that has always spoken to me. In Napa Valley, few wines embody those qualities more fully than Dunn’s Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain. This tasting provided a fabulous opportunity to revisit a wide range of vintages going all the way back to the 1980s.
A Tale of Two Extremes: The 2020 Brunellos and 2019 Riservas
featured, Italy: Tuscany
, Nov 2024
There’s a lot going on in Montalcino these days. The 2020 Brunellos and 2019 Riservas are generating considerable excitement. There are changes to the Rosso and Brunello categories, a whole new analysis of vintages and even an updated map. But is Montalcino hitting the mark?
Vinous Icons: Roederer – Four Decades of Cristal & Cristal Rosé
featured, France: Champagne
, Nov 2024
This retrospective tasting of Cristal and Cristal Rosé at Le Bernardin during the inaugural edition of Vinous Icons was a fabulous opportunity to taste a series of reference point vintages paired with Eric Ripert’s dazzling cuisine. Could there be a better way to spend a Friday afternoon? I think not.
Vinous 2024 Wine of the Year: 2021 Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
featured, General Interest
, Nov 2024
Choosing the Vinous Wine of the Year for 2024 from the more than 35,000 wines our team of reviewers tasted during the last twelve months was a daunting task. Over the course of long discussions and lengthy deliberations, one wine stood out. A Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from a magnificent vintage that embodies exceptional quality and pedigree, with a price tag that remains quite accessible within the realm of the world’s very finest bottles. That wine is the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate from Philip Togni Vineyard.
Uco Valley: The Age of High-Elevation Reds
featured, Argentina
, Nov 2024
The high-elevation vineyards of the Uco Valley are turning out red wines that continue to redefine what we once knew from Argentina. Lighter reds, shaped by the cold and sunshine, showcase a stylistic renaissance in the glass.
Vinous Top 100 Wines of 2024: 20-11
featured, General Interest
, Nov 2024
Discover wines #20 to #11 of the Vinous Top 100 Wines of the Year list, complete with commentary from the respective Vinous critic who nominated the wine for the list and their tasting note from when the wine was published on Vinous.