Harvest report 2024, more than 250 wines reviewed, for Sangiovese and the Gallo Nero the best is yet to come

By Michael Godel

Warm days have awoken the vines in Tuscany, the defiant 2025 Ontario winter has been reluctant to end, Spring has not sprung and 45 days have past since the 32nd edition of the Chianti Classico Collection came to another decisive and triumphant conclusion. Sustainability was ...more

By John Szabo MS

In case you missed it, Terraelectae is the relatively recent, top-quality designation of the Chianti Rùffina DOCG. Although not written into the production regulations, producers belonging to the appellation’s Consorzio, “decided to select their finest-quality vineyards exclusively dedicated to Sangiovese, just one vineyard per winery, and to produce a wine named after that ...more

We asked our writers, “If you could buy only one wine from the March 29th release, which one would it be and why?”

Muga Selección Especial 2019, Rioja, Spain
$55.95, Vinexx
Michael Godel – Muga’s Selección Especial 2019, DOCa Rioja is a blend of tempranillo, garnacha tinta, graciano and mazuelo grown in the clay-limestone (tertiary era) terraces located on the slopes of Montes Obarenes and Sierra ...more