A focus on single-village, single-vineyard and single-variety Rioja. Above, Juan Carlos Sancha and his mule working the Cerro la Isa vineyard – source of Ferran’s standout white wine of the tasting.

The inherently Italian pleasures of my lunch at Doppo on Dean Street – thin slices of scallops topped with equally thin slices of tart apples (below), pici with a thick sausage sauce and a glass of ...

In 2025, Rioja celebrated its centenary, and to mark the anniversary for JancisRobinson.com, I proposed a tasting to the ...

So go dig up your audio, video or written pieces and submit! An update on Trump tariffs As discussed here on 20 February, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the reciprocal tariffs the ...

Last week’s MBT article focused on evaluating a wine’s ‘nose’ – aka the presence and intensity of aromas. Today we’ll dig ...

Last week, in an equally luxurious establishment that is now called Bonheur by Matt Abé, that same table was occupied by a ...

The top selling point, however, is the flavour. This is a terrifically delicate Cava, a light, breezy sparkler with herbal notes and a lemony snap. The pinprick-fine bubbles keep it buoyant and gentle ...

The world just came together in Italy – and there’s never been a better time to explore its wines and beyond. For a limited ...

Picking out value and genuine interest in California wine. More on Saturday. Above, an old Zinfandel vine at Dry Creek Vineyard, whose prices are especially reasonable and its practices admirably ...

There are no great wines, only great bottles. This maxim, highlighting how much individual bottles of the same wine can vary, was brought home forcibly to us 21 tasters at this year’s 10 Years On ...

February is a challenging month in the northern hemisphere – we’re pretty much done with the cold by now, and with colds and the flu and grey skies and snow (especially those of us in NYC, where we’re ...