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Vinous Table: Briar
Vinous Table, Germany: Saar
, Mar 2025
Occasionally, you meet a young, bushy-tailed chef and you intuitively know that you’re face-to-face with a future star, a culinary talent in the opening chapters of their career. Sam Lomas is a name to keep your eye on.
2023 Burgenland and Austria’s East: Gorgeous Reds, Aromatic Whites and Killer Sweets
featured, Austria
, Mar 2025
The 2023 growing season kept winemakers in Austria’s east on their toes. Rain that had been so sorely missed in 2022 came in abundance, as did heat. However, a golden autumn ensured long ripening and yielded reds and whites with bright acidity and aromatic nuance. Producers who specialize in nobly sweet wines were able to pick concentrated fruit with super-clean botrytis. What’s more, Austria’s east was spared from frost and hail, as well as from the many flood events that did so much damage throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Intellect & Senses: Bordeaux With Time
France: Bordeaux featured Verticals and Retrospectives, France: Bordeaux Verticals and Retrospectives featured, featured
, Mar 2025
This article rounds up a treasure trove of claret stretching back over a century, including bona fide legends. But are consumers losing an appreciation for Bordeaux that has been shaped by time?
Cellar Favorite: Ioppa Ghemme 1970-1975
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites, Italy: Piedmont
, Mar 2025
History, expression of place, passion and artisan family values run deep at Ioppa. The Ioppas trace their lineage back seven generations, all the way to the mid-1800s, a time when life in the countryside was much harsher than it is today. This mini-vertical from the 1970s was a very pleasant surprise at the end of a day tasting through current releases. I tasted the wines with Giorgio Ioppa, his son Andrea, and consulting oenologist Cristiano Garella.
Obituary: Bill Blatch 1948-2025
Vinous Remembers, featured
, Mar 2025
Bill Blatch was a mentor, an entrepreneur, a sage, a purveyor of terrible jokes, a pillar of Bordeaux and the Saint of Sauternes. Above all, he was a mate.
2025 Tuscany Preview
Italy: Tuscany, featured
, Feb 2025
After the near-perfect 2021 vintage, producers were dealt with a far more challenging set of weather conditions throughout 2022.Intense heat and drought followed by rain just before harvest yielded wines that mostly offer very attractive forward fruit along with mid-weight structure. Our annual Tuscan Preview covers a handful of wines that are entering the market shortly.
Alpine Soul: Exploring Alto Piemonte & Canavese
Italy: Piedmont, featured
, Feb 2025
I continue to be deeply impressed with the wines of Alto Piemonte and Canavese. Each year, I taste more wines from these appellations, a testament to a vibrant scene that continues to grow. Readers in search of wines that speak to the essence of site, variety and vintage, all delivered with cool-climate vibrancy, will find all that and more in this patchwork of small appellations in Northern Italy.
The Vivacious Reds of Ribeira Sacra and El Bierzo
Spain, featured
, Feb 2025
Ribeira Sacra and Bierzo share a climate and dominant red grape variety, and yet they produce two very different versions of Mencía. In this report, I survey over 300 wines to provide a comprehensive overview of the wine country that spans the mountains between Galicia and León.
Cellar Favorite: 1992 Domaine Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
France: Burgundy, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Feb 2025
My good friend Lord Bruce recently raided his cellar and produced a gem of a Burgundy from a vintage more renowned for the whites: the 1992 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru from Domaine Hubert Lignier.
Vinous Table: Lurra
Vinous Table
, Feb 2025
Lurra is an unexpected gem nestled in a less-ventured part of London, hiding out of plain sight. I was planning a return visit as soon as I entered its doors.