It is September 2 and the sun has been punching holes in the mass of clouds spread over the village of Barbaresco all morning. By mid-day, the cloud cover has given up. The village and the surrounding vineyards are once again bathed in warm sunshine. Even though the driest and hottest harvest season in more than 70 years is behind us, the foliage of the vineyards surrounding the village still shines green and abunda...
Juha Lihtonen is one of the most succeeded sommeliers in Nordics. This manyfold sommelier champion of his country won the title of the Best Nordic Sommelier in 2003. After sommelier competitions, he finished his WSET Diploma studies and continued the studies in Masters of Wine programme in London.
On 2000 he founded the Wine Academy of Helsinki, where he run sommelier and wine waiter trainings. He published his first book in 2002 about comi...
Juha Lihtonen is the co-founder of tastingbook.com. He is also known as the co-founder and Editor of the world's leading fine wine publications, FINE Magazines. In 2008, he founded together with Pekka Nuikki and Essi Avellan MW the magazine that was dedicated exclusively to champagne. FINE Champagne Magazine is the world's one and only champagne magazine.
One of the most captivating The 100 tastings, built around a paired‑vintage concept: two vintages of a top wine tasted side by side. The entire experience centered on comparing the vintages, creating an exceptionally insightful and distinctive tasting. Two 100-pointers for me - Latour 1945 and Cheval 1947 - and plenty of close 100 ones!
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10d 13h ago
The Levy & McClellan retrospective tasting (2004–2020) with Napa Valley’s legendary winemaker Bob Levy was an unforgettable experience. We tasted through all the estate wines crafted by him and his wife, Martha McClellan. As we sat with glasses in hand, Bob took us on a journey back in time through the 1970s to ’80s and '90s, sharing insights into how viticulture and winemaking in Napa Valley have evolved over those times and decades after.
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Thank you, Giovanni Mazzei, for sharing a truly special moment and guiding me through your legendary vertical tasting of single vineyard SuperTuscan wine – Concerto di Fonterutoli. As one of the trailblazing SuperTuscan wines, Concerto has an iconic legacy that began with its debut vintage in 1981. This time, we celebrated not only the 40th edition—an extraordinary 2021 vintage 🍷—but also the vibrant elegance of Concerto 2020 and the opulent subtlety of the 2022 release. These soulful SuperTuscan wines from the heart of Chianti Classico beautifully express the finesse of Sangiovese and the silky texture of Cabernet Sauvignon, capturing the spirit of Tuscan winemaking at its finest.
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9m 26d ago
Despite the challenge of the drought and scorching heat wave in Napa on 2022 vintage, Blankiet Estate managed to make wines that scored as high or one even higher than past top vintages!
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1y 3m ago
Several lineups of great wines, the bests are from California, but somehow I still fall in love with Italian wines. The wine that delivers its best today from the lineup is Frescobaldi's Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino - lovely wine, but the best by its scores!?
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