Every wine we rate, on our own scale. The scale is editorial: never opened to readers, never averaged with anyone else's.
Producer Catena Zapata Wine Appellation White Clay Vintage 2025 Country Argentina Region Mendoza Subregion Luján de Cuyo Grapes Sémillon and Chenin Blanc Format 750 ml Character Fruit-driven, balanced and persistent, with the different components of the blend working particularly well together. TCJ assessment A well-constructed blend of Sémillon
Members Only — subscribe to read.
Producer Champagne Barnaut Wine Authentique Rosé de Saignée Vintage NV Country France Region Champagne Subregion Bouzy, Montagne de Reims Grapes Pinot Noir Format 750 ml Character Complex, mature and vinous, combining ripe fruit with developed notes of bread and pastry. TCJ assessment A complex and vinous rosé Champagne, showing a
Producer Château La Fleur-Pétrus Vintage 1955 Origin Pomerol, Bordeaux, France Format Magnum Style Red Bordeaux Evolution Fully Mature TCJ assessment Few wines demonstrate the longevity of great Pomerol with such natural ease. More than seven decades after harvest, this magnum remained remarkably vibrant, with a level of freshness rarely
No wines match these filters.
Wine news reported with the context most coverage skips: what happened, who it affects, and what it changes.
→ 02Observations from the road and the vineyard — what a writer sees between the appointments, closer to the ground.
→ 03Essays and editorial points of view. Where the journal argues — signed, unsponsored, and open to disagreement.
→ 04History, provenance and memory. Older bottles and what they still tell us long after their makers are gone.
→ 05Restaurants, places and hospitality. The lists worth travelling for and the rooms where wine is poured.
→ 06Every wine we rate on our own 01–05 scale, awarded by our tasters — never averaged, never licensed.
→One letter a week. No spam, no advertising.
Independent wine journalism, no advertising.
Subscribe