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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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...
The Queen of Barbaresco is the second subject in a series of in-depth interviews by Victoria Mason MW with some of the most remarkable women in wine – a project we're doing in conjunction with Bordeaux Index. For the full...
Plus a quick recap of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards and harvest updates across the US and in France's Loire Valley. Above, grapes that have just come in at 21 Brix Winery in the Lake Erie AVA...
Plus an update on Santorini's 2024 harvest; news at Australian Vintage and Naked Wines; and an exciting outcome for Swedish wines at The Swedish Wine Tasting, where Julia Harding MW (seen above) was a judge. Before I begin, I have...
And bad news for lovers of Santorini's stupendous wines. Above, one of the few crates of Assyrtiko eked out of this year's early and minuscule harvest. To start, I want to congratulate five new Masters of Wine: Neil Bernardi MW...
In this touching entry to our 2024 wine writing competition, wine lover Allyson Walther writes about visiting a winery on Mt Etna with her newborn. See the guide to our competition for more great wine writing. Allyson Walther writes Allyson...
8 August 2024 Ferran brings us news of an exciting new project on Lanzarote – which prompts us to republish, free for all, his introduction to the wines of the Canary Islands. If volcanic, island wines are your thing, see...
See The resurgence of Pico's magnificent wines for background to the wines and producers described below. The following 107 tasting notes are grouped alphabetically by producer (sur)name as follows: Azores Wine Company A Cerca dos Frades Czar Entre Pedras Etnom...