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 new generation of winegrowers leads the way by focusing on terroir and Aglianico’s true character rather than on style. Walter reports on three pioneering women, including Viviana Malafarina, above . See part 2 for Walter's story of three men...
A pioneer in Etna's winemaking renaissance has passed. On 1 February at the age of 78 Giuseppe Benanti, pharmaceutical entrepreneur based in Catania, and who in 1988 founded Tenuta di Castiglione in Castiglione di Sicilia on Etna’s now so hyped...
Not all wine grapes are created equal. A version of this article about one very special one is published by the Financial Times. See also Awesome Assyrtikos for much more information and 91 tasting notes, mainly on Assyrtikos. Assyrtiko, the...
The characteristic grape of the atmospheric Greek island of Santorini examined. See also From Santorini to the world. When Masters of Wine Caro Maurer of Germany and Yiannis Karakasis of Greece agreed to present a masterclass comparing Riesling and Assyrtiko...
27 October 2022 Heralding articles about Santorini tomorrow and Saturday, we republish this travel guide, and retain the reference to travel restrictions below from what seems like a distant, almost dreamlike, era. 15 October 2020 We revive our tradition of...
A hotel group on the most famous Greek island of all has solved its culinary problems. Ambitious chefs have been moving into the kitchens of luxury hotels, a worldwide phenomenon which began in the 1990s and is becoming increasingly common...
Not just one but two stunningly well-made dry whites, one a whippersnapper, the other rather majestically mature. Vasse Felix from AU$15.99, £11.50 Find the Vasse Felix Argyros from €37.90, $62, SG$138 Find the Argyros Today’s wine of the week, Vasse...
This entry to our WWC22 competition takes us to the remote Azores. For more great wine writing, see our WWC22 guide. Valeria Tenison writes my name is Valeria Tenison, I am a sommelier and a journalist based in Bordeaux, France...
Julia and Walter share their enthusiasm for this elegant and ageworthy southern Italian red. 2019 from €27.50, 35.87 Swiss francs, £34.48, $39.90, HK$464 2018 from €23.92, $29.99, HK$252.80, 37 Swiss francs, £34.48, AU$125 Find the 2019 Find the 2018 '...
Expensive wines from most unusual winemakers. Frank Cornelissen above with his famous Magma wines. What is it about Raeburn Fine Wines of Edinburgh that has attracted them to two of the most cussed characters in Italian wine – Gianfranco Soldera...
The charismatic, unpredictable man behind Tenuta di Trinoro in the Val d'Orcia and Passopisciaro on Etna, where this picture was taken last summer, has left us. I really loved Andrea Franchetti, who died at the age of 72 at his...
Santorini and the southern Italian psyche explored. The Wines of Santorini Yiannis Karakasis MW Published by P & J Veritas Ike ISBN 9786188545700 €65, £45 plus £12 delivery through Ampéli in London Disclaimer: this book was edited by Julia Harding...