Volcanic Wine Awards 2026
Celebrating distinctive wines from volcanic terroirs
If you’re a wine producer or distributor interested in submitting wines, please do so through our submissions portal. Note that only wines from volcanic terroirs will be accepted. The competition will be held in New York City and submissions are open until 31 December 2025. If your wine is landed in the US and can be shipped from a US address, then we can extend the submissions deadline into January; we will need to receive your samples by January 29, 2026, (so we can no longer accept submissions that need to be shipped into the US).
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We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Volcanic Wines International to support and produce the Volcanic Wine Awards for 2026. The Volcanic Wine Awards is the only international wine...
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Thirty-seven wines that argue the case for investment in Santorini’s precious and threatened vineyards. Above, Matthew Argyros among his precious casks of Vinsanto. Last year, after hearing stories of Santorini’s imminent demise as a wine-producing region (see, for example, Santorini...
The race to revive Santorini’s vineyards – and the challenges its winemakers are up against – in a time of crisis. Above, Sigalas’s Monachogios vineyard in Oia. It’s astonishing that despite the existential challenges faced by Santorini’s winegrowers – a...
Kim Chalmers of Chalmers Wine and Chalmers Nursery in Victoria is no stranger to JancisRobinson.com. She was an important influence on Walter when he fell in love with Italian varieties in Australia, and is mentioned approvingly in no fewer than...
Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard (image courtesy of the domaine). As you can see [if you are watching the video of this report], a bit...
Yiannis Karakasis MW shares a report on the catastrophe unfolding in Santorini's vineyards. This year’s harvest in Santorini is one for the history books, but for all the wrong reasons. Total production is expected to hover just above 350–400 tonnes...
In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Giovanni Di Guardo writes about Nerello Mascalese, a distinctive grape variety cultivated on Sicily's Mount Etna. See the guide to our competition for more great wine writing. Giovanni Di Guardo writes...
In this poetic entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos writes an ode to Assyrtiko. See our competition guide for more. Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos writes hi, I’m Dino! A passionate lover of wine and spirits, particularly Ouzo and Whisky...
And harvest 2025 begins, with optimism in Alsace, the Loire and Champagne and dismay on Santorini and Lanzarote. Plus, there's a new Master of Wine, Qian Janice Wang (pictured above). Before I get to the news, a huge congratulations to...
Plus the aftermath of the Corbières fires, projections for French wine production in 2025, and US exports to Canada nosedive. Also, three new grape varieties approved in the EU. Above, harvest starts at Round Pond in Napa, California. Before I...
A once-forgotten grape re-emerges in the Loire Volcanique. Chris Howard reports from St-Pourçain. Midway on my journey to the centre of France, my Parisien neighbour texts me: ‘ Bon voyage dans ton trou perdu.’ In English, ‘Enjoy your trip to...
Surprising facts and wise insights gained on the slopes of a Sicilian volcano. Plus reviews of over 50 Etna wines. In April 2008, Jancis published Etna – the burgundy of the Mediterranean? The concept is not surprising for anyone who...
A round-up of some of the best wines we tasted in January. Every week, our team tastes dozens or even hundreds of wines, many of which we tell you about in our feature stories and reports. But many of these...