James Suckling

Feb 12, 2025 | prestigeonline.com | James Suckling

James Suckling Selects the United States’ Top 100 Wines What’s unusual about JamesSuckling.com’s 2024 Top 100 Wines of the US listing is that the number-one pick is neither a cabernet sauvignon nor a chardonnay, but a beautiful, affordable merlot. The JamesSuckling.com tasting team had plenty of stellar wines to choose from for our Top 100 Wines of the USA 2024 list. In fact, we had 800-plu s tasting notes that carried 95- to 100-point ratings to sort through and consider.

Jan 27, 2025 | prestigeonline.com | James Suckling

James Suckling Picks the Top 100 Wines in the US What’s unusual about JamesSuckling.com’s 2024 Top 100 Wines of the US listing is that the number-one pick is neither a cabernet sauvignon nor a chardonnay, but a beautiful, affordable merlot. The JamesSuckling.com tasting team had plenty of stellar wines to choose from for our Top 100 Wines of the USA 2024 list. In fact, we had 800-plu s tasting notes that carried 95- to 100-point ratings to sort through and consider.

Dec 9, 2024 | prestigeonline.com | James Suckling

Along with his colleague Aldo Fiordelli, James Suckling returns to Bolgheri, the Tuscan coastal region he first visited 38 years ago. There they tasted almost 200 wines, mostly from the 2021 and 2022 vintages. It’s been 38 years since I first travelled to Bolgheri to report on a new winery, Ornellaia, that’s now one of the leading names in this coastal region of Tuscany, and ever since I’ve had a soft spot for the area’s wines, especially the reds.

Nov 21, 2024 | prestigeonline.com | James Suckling

Bolgheri: Nurturing a Local Vibe in Tuscany Along with his colleague Aldo Fiordelli, James Suckling returns to Bolgheri, the Tuscan coastal region he first visited 38 years ago. There they tasted almost 200 wines, mostly from the 2021 and 2022 vintages. It’s been 38 years since I first travelled to Bolgheri to report on a new winery, Ornellaia, that’s now one of the leading names in this coastal region of Tuscany, and ever since I’ve had a soft spot for the area’s wines, especially the reds.

Sep 22, 2024 | prestigeonline.com | James Suckling

James Suckling on Bordeaux 2021: Saved by Sauternes It’s already hard to remember the Bordeaux 2021 vintage, given all the recent information circulating around the world about the very good-to-outstanding 2023, but a few Sauternes have come up on top. 2021 is clearly not at the same quality level as 2023 and is even less so compared with the spectacular 2022. In fact, I’d need to go back to 2014 to remember something as middle-of-the road as this.