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
世界各地の火山性土壌で造られるワインに焦点を当てたテイスティングの背景と方法について。この賞を創設したジョン・サボ MS（John Szabo MS）が執筆。写真上は、ランサローテ島ラ・ヘリアのブドウ畑。...
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Amid the doom and gloom surrounding Italy’s 2014 grape harvest, there is one wine region where growers are extremely pleased with their 2014 vintage – Etna in eastern Sicily, whose small districts, named after important wine villages, are called contrade...
Italy’s fondness for en primeur tastings continues unabated (see, for example, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Nebbiolo Prima, etc, etc). While many are lavish affairs showcasing a huge number of bottles of the latest vintage of a given wine region...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. With its serried ranks of tables, heavy wooden chairs and a kitchen dominated by a large metal grill that produces excellent steaks, the interior of La Taskita de Eduardo looks very...
From €11.50, £14.50 Find this wine I spent last Friday night in St Michael's Church, Bath, hosting a wine tasting for the excellent bookshop Topping & Co, an independent operation set up in Bath and Ely by the team who...
From €28, £23.95 Find this wine Quite a few respondents in our recent brief survey asked for more coverage of Spanish wine. Your wish is my command. Actually this is far from standard-issue Spanish wine. For a start it is...