tasting notes list
To complement the tasting notes search, which lets you find specific wine(s) among the thousands of very assorted tasting notes published on this site, this is a geographically organised guide to all the tasting notes articles ever published here. The major horizontal tastings/vintage assessments are listed first within each country or region and then the other articles, either verticals of specific producers or more general themes.
Just scroll down or use these links to take you to a specific region or country.
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Rhône
Champagne
Loire
Alsace
Rest of France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Port
Madeira
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
USA
Argentina
Chile
Other
MAJOR HORIZONTALS
Bordeaux 2007 en primeur Apr 2008
Bordeaux 2006 Sep 2007
Bordeaux 2006 en primeur Apr 2007
St-Emilion 2005 Dec 2007
Bordeaux 2005 Nov 2007
Bordeaux 2005 en primeur Apr 2006
Bordeaux 2004 Nov 2006
Bordeaux 2004 May 2006
Bordeaux 2004 en primeur May 2005
Bordeaux 2003 Feb 2008
Bordeaux 2003 Dec 2007
Bordeaux 2003 Nov 2005
Bordeaux 2003 en primeur Apr 2004
Bordeaux 2002 Nov 2006
Bordeaux 2002 Nov 2004
Bordeaux 2002 en primeur Apr 2003
Bordeaux 2001 Oct 2007
Bordeaux 2001 - mainly right bank Dec 2005
Bordeaux 2001 Oct 2005
Médoc and Haut Médoc 2001 Sep 2004
Bordeaux 2001 – left bank Apr 2004
Bordeaux 2001 en primeur Apr 2002
Bordeaux 2000 Oct 2003
Bordeaux 2000 - the bargains Dec 2002
Bordeaux 1999 Nov 2003
Bordeaux 1999 Dec 2001
Bordeaux 1998 - first growths et al Mar 2008
Bordeaux 1998 – right bank and Graves Mar 2006
Bordeaux 1997 - first growths at 10 years Aug 2007
Bordeaux 1997 top clarets Sep 2002
Bordeaux 1997 - some bargains Aug 2005
Bordeaux 1997 - Sauternes and Barsac Dec 2001
Bordeaux 1996 - top clarets Mar 2006
Bordeaux 1996 - left bank Sep 2006
Bordeaux 1995 Oct 2005
Bordeaux 1989 first growths, more or less Oct 2002
Bordeaux 1986 - when, oh when? Sep 2002
Top bordeaux 1982s at 25 Mar 2007
Bordeaux 1982 - how great a vintage? Jun 2002
Bordeaux 1982 - an alphabetical listing Jun 2002
Bordeaux top 1982s tasted Nov 2001 Dec 2001
MORE BORDEAUX
Bargain 2005 bordeaux - no oxymoron May 2008
Bordeaux - five recent verticals May 2008
Ch Margaux back to 1982 Mar 2008
Ch Gilette - a mini vertical Mar 2008
Moueix chases those Millennials Jan 2008
Burgundy 2003 in bottle Sep 2005
Burgundy 2003 Jan 2005
Burgundy 2002 Jan 2004
Burgundy 2001 Jan 2003
Burgundy 2000 Jan 2002
Montrachet 1999s (and a 2000) Nov 2004
DRC - 2001, 1996 and 1990 Feb 2008
DRC's 2005s - the tasting notes Feb 2008
Louis Latour's 2006s Feb 2008
DRC's 2001s Feb 2008
Dujac, Roumier and Rousseau Sep 2007
DRCs at Palais Coburg Jul 2007
Romanée Conti v La Tâche Jul 2007
DRC's 2004s Feb 2007
Glorying in Chevalier Montrachets Dec 2006
DRC’s 2002s in bottle Jul 2006
DRC's 2004s tasted from barrel May 2006
DRC’s 2003s - and 2001s in bottle Feb 2006
Some DRCs 1996-1966 and an interview with Aubert de Villaine Nov 2005
Louis Latour's 2003s Jul 2005
DRC's 2001s Jul 2005/Feb 2008
Bouchard Père & Fils open up cellar treasures in London May 2005
Louis Jadot's 2002s Feb 2004
Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne 1986-1996 Feb 2004
DRC's 2000s... and some other recent wines Jan 2003
MAJOR HORIZONTALS
Chapoutier's 2007s
Northern Rhône 2006s Apr 2008
Southern Rhône 2006s continued Apr 2008
Châteauneuf 2006 whites Jan 2008
Châteauneuf 2006 reds Jan 2008
Northern Rhône 2005 - a second tranche Mar 2007
Southern Rhône 2005s - a second tranche Mar 2007
2005 Rhône - Chapoutier really shines Dec 2006
Rhône 2005 Dec 2006
More 2004 southern Rhône reds Mar 2006
Southern Rhône 2004 Jan 2006
Rhône 2003 Nov 2004
Châteauneuf 2003s and some 2001s Mar 2005
2001s from the northern Rhône Oct 2007
Very Important 2001 Syrahs/Shirazes Aug 2007
Southern Rhône 2001 reds Jul 2003
More Southern Rhône 2001 reds Dec 2005
Northern Rhône 2000 Jun 2006
Northern Rhône 1999 Jun 2005
1998 Rhônes - not so glorious, alas May 2004/Dec 2004
Northern Rhône 1990ish Feb 2001
MORE RHÔNE
Some great Pol Roger vintages Aug 2006
Vintage champagne, mainly 1998s and 1999s Mar 2006
NV champagnes Oct 2005
NV champagnes Mar 2005
1995 and 1996 champagnes tasted blind Oct 2004
Non vintage champagne - 2003 releases Jul 2003
Top quality champagne Dec 2002
Two great champagne vintages - 1995 and 1996 Apr 2002
Roederer Cristal, Krug, Dom Pérignon - and other luxury cuvées Dec 2001
Two great Sancerre producers May 2006
Huet Vouvrays back to 1947 Jul 2003
France's secret South West May 2008
Le Soula breaks the red barrier Jan 2008
Bargains from the south of France Sep 2007
MAJOR HORIZONTALS
German 2007s Jun 2008
German drier wines 2006 Sep 2007
German sweeter wines 2006 Jun 2007
German Auslese, BA and TBA 2005s Jun 2007
German 2005s - Sep 2006
German 2005s - mainly Mosel, Nahe and fruity Jun 2006
German dry Rieslings 2004 Nov 2005
Great 2004s from the Rheinhessen's young turks Oct 2005
German 2004s - what to buy Jul 2005
German wine 2004 - Jul 2005
German wine 2003s producers A-M - Jun 2004
German 2003s producers N-Z - Jun 2004
German wine 2002 Oct 2003
More 2002 Germans Dec 2003
German wine 2001 Sep 2002
MORE GERMANY
Century of Riesling - the tasting notes Jun 2008
More treasures from Kloster Eberbach Jun 2008
Delicious Germanic Pinot Noirs Apr 2008
Some standout Rieslings Nov 2007
Spätburgunders, mainly 2005s Sep 2007
Martin Wassmer - some great Baden wines Apr 2007
Delicious Germanic Pinot Noirs Apr 2008
Austrian reds Jul 2007
Barolo - some 2003s Sep 2007
Barolo 2000 Jun 2004
Piemontese Barberas by the score Jul 2004
Barbera d'Asti and Barbera d'Alba - Dec 2003
Barolo and Barbaresco 1997 - Jan 2002
Brunello di Montalcino - some 2003s Apr 2008
Brunello di Montalcino Riservas 2001 - May 2007
Chianti Classico, mainly Riservas, 2003 and 2004 Jul 2007
Brunello di Montalcino 2001 May 2006
Tuscan, especially Chianti Classico, 2001 Oct 2005
Classic Supertuscans from great vintages - Apr 2005
Brunello di Montalcino 1999 - Feb 2004
Brunello di Montalcino 1997 - May 2003
Brunello di Montalcino 1998 - Feb 2003
Chianti Classico 1997-1999 Feb 2002
Top quality sherry - the tasting notes Jun 2008
Peñín's top Spanish wines Dec 2007
MAJOR HORIZONTALS
2005 vintage ports and some Douro too Jun 2008
Forty-ish 2003 vintage ports assessed May 2005
Vintage port 2003 May 2005
Vintage port 2000 Jul 2002
Vintage port 1997 Nov 2004
1977 vintage port - a complete assessment Apr 2002
Vintage ports back to 1970 Oct 2004
Seriously rare, ancient madeiras Mar 2003
Madeira Feb 2003
Latour, Harlan, Screaming Eagle, Moss Wood, Vergelegen... Feb 2008
Tasting the landmarks of Australian wine May 2008
Penfolds Grange 2003 and other icons May 2008
Australian Semillons Feb 2008
Twenty of Australia's finest Rieslings Feb 2008
The New Australia - 250 tasting notes Feb 2008
Ste Michelle’s decadent dessert wines Feb 2008
Latour, Harlan, Screaming Eagle, Moss Wood, Vergelegen... Feb 2008
Assorted Californian Wines Mar 2002
Southern Chile - the tasting notes Jun 2008
Altaïr - a Chilean vertical Jan 2008
Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Nov 2007
Top 100 organic and biodynamic wines May 2008
Sainsbury's - can you taste the difference? Jun 2008
Chinese wine for foreigners Jun 2008
Blue notebook - May-Jun 2004 Mar 2008
Slovenian wines - the tasting notes Mar 2008