Volcanic Wine Awards 2026
In 2026 we partnered with Volcanic Wine International to hold a wine competition focused solely on wines from volcanic terroirs around the world. Here you’ll find the details of the competition as well as the results, which we will post as they become available.
Trade and media interested in attending the Volcanic Wine Conference on 10 June in NYC please visit Volcanic Wines International.
The awards competition and the results
The why and how behind a tasting focused on wines from volcanic soils around the world. Written by the man who started it, John Szabo MS. Above, a vineyard in...
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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...
A look at the most pressing issues on the island today. See also Santorini tasting notes part 1 and part 2. For a chance to taste great wines from Santorini and all over Greece, see Greek Wine Night. Santorini’s famous...
Savvas Kyriakidis takes us by the hand around this popular Greek island. See this guide to all the entries in our travel writing competition that have been published so far. ‘What an amazing circumstance', I thought when I read the...
Tim is competing in the Henley Royal Regatta at 6.30 tonight. We wish him well as part of the London Rowing Club B team against Münchener Ruder-Club von 1880. He promises, 'It will be entertaining, if nothing else!' Fields, Morris...
From $26.99, €32.40, £217 per case of 6 Find this wine What’s in a name? Everything in this case: from the motivation to the result. Pure is the result of a partnership between vineyard owner Manolis Chloridis and winemaker Matthew...
Julia finds a mouth-wateringly delicious red from Tenerife that tastes as good on a sunny summer's evening as on a bleak winter night. From €10.95, 19.50 Swiss francs, $18.98, £17.99, CA$27.95, 199,90 Norwegian krone, AU$39 Find this wine It’s not...