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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Ferran reports on three exciting sets of wines from very different Spanish territories. The Canary Islands landscape above was captured by Cristian Palmer. Albada: a surprising way of rethinking Garnacha Albada is a brand owned by Bodegas Virgen de la...
Tam visits and tastes a wide range of wines from Hungary’s most famous wine region and finds some gems – both people and wine. Stand in any of the cru vineyards of Tokaj and you’ll be standing at the foothills...
A pure, expressive and finely textured red from the north slopes of the volcano. 2016 from €23.95, $34.99, £29.50 2017 from €21.89, £25 Find this wine I tasted Ayunta Navigabile 2017 Etna with Ayunta's Filippo Mangione (below) at the world’s...
A ground-breaking, fascinating and delicious tasting in the heart of the Auvergne. There’s nothing flashy about the Auvergne winegrowers, unless you count the flashing red lights (right) and the slightly wearing sound effects in the exhibition space of the 40-ha...
Tom Parker, enthused by recent changes at this estate, follows up on our recent articles on dry Furmint with tasting notes. When I tasted these wines in early January it had been three years since Royal Tokaji were last in...
A little French wine region with an explosive opportunity. See also my 40+ tasting notes. In this article I focus on the Auvergne region, which I visited for the first time at the end of January. Next week I will...
Tasting notes on 41 wines from the dynamic but little-known Auvergne wine region in central France. For the background to the region and its distinctive soils and topography, see Auvergne – quiet volcanoes and lively wines. My photo shows a...
A change of heart and a change of style chronicled. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Giodo - elegant Brunello and Nerello. Florentine Carlo Ferrini, 65, is one of the most...
Carlo Ferrini's own wines are light years from the ones that made his reputation as a winemaking consultant in Italy. See also Mr Merlot becomes Sr Eleganza. The last one, 2019, was Carlo Ferrini's forty-first vintage. He should be at...
From €19.90 (on offer), 95 Romanian lei, CA$32, $28, 3,110 yen, HK$240, £29.95, 33.25 Swiss francs, AU$52, 1,170 Taiwan dollars, SG$59 Find this wine On a blazing hot day in late August in Athens, we found ourselves at a fish...
Eight more profiles with tastings notes from my trip to Santorini last May. See Santorini’s other active volcano for an introduction and Santorini tasting notes part 1 for profiles and notes on eight further producers, from A to K. For...
The first half of my tasting notes from three action-packed days on the island in May. See also Santorini's other active volcano and Santorini tasting notes part 2. Wines from many of these producers will be included in our Greek...