• Wines of the Year 2025: Spain & Portugal

    Picture credit: Asier Pinel Guillerna / Getty ImagesRioja
    This was the year to fall in love with Rioja all over again. The DOCa marked its 100th anniversary – a momentous celebration that served as a reminder, on the one hand, of the region’s long winemaking tradition (going much further back than these 100 years) and, on the other, of its capacity to evolve and remain not merely relevant but firmly at the forefront of contemporary wine.
    Serendipitously coinciding with the centenary,
  • Younger generations: Château Coupe-Roses & Boschkloof

    Mathias Paicheler & Sarah Frissant
    Château Coupe-Roses, Languedoc, France
    By Natalie Earl
    Picture credit: Will Burgess
    A narrow road winds up to the medieval village of Minerve, tracing the lip of a limestone gorge carved by the Cesse river. The village emerges, perched on a rocky spur at the confluence of the Cesse and the river Brian.
    This region bristles with history. Once a Cathar stronghold, Minerve was besieged by Simon de Montfort’s troops during the Albigensian Crusades o

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