This is my eleventh South Africa Special Report. At 317 pages, it’s my most comprehensive overview yet of the world’s eighth-largest producer. To compile the report, I tasted 2,206 wines...
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Tim Atkin MW
Articles by Tim Atkin MW
2023 Uruguay Special Report
£10.00At only 5,488 hectares, Uruguay’s vineyards are dwarfed by those of Argentina, Chile and Brazil, but this small, river and Atlantic Ocean-influenced country is making some of the most exciting...
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2023 Argentina Special Report
£20.00Based on a three-week fact-finding trip to the country in February, my 2023 Argentina Report is my eleventh-annual overview of the world’s seventh-largest wine-producing nation. At 296 pages, it’s my...
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2023 Chile Special Report
£20.00Researching this Chile report – my seventh – was more pleasurable than ever. Over three weeks in December 2022, I travelled some 3,500 km and tasted wines from 216 wineries...
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2023 Rioja Special Report
£20.00At 218 pages and over 70,000 words, this is my most comprehensive overview yet of Spain’s most famous wine region. All in all, I tasted 1,493 wines over a period...
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2023 Peru Top 50
£5.00Welcome to my first ever review of Peruvian wines, based on a week’s research and tasting in the country last November. When I caught up with my Peruvian friend and...
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2022 Ribera del Duero Special Report
£20.00Ribera del Duero is currently celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the creation of its Denominación de Origen, so now is a good time to look back to that date (and...
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2022 South Africa Special Report
£20.00Welcome to my tenth South African Report. At 316 pages and over 95,000 words, it’s by far my most extensive overview of one of the world’s most exciting wine-producing nations....
Add to basket2020 Black Book Painter of Light Clayhill Vineyard Chardonnay, Essex
Painter of Light is a superb expression of one of Essex’s finest vineyards, made by the talented Sergio Verrillo. With aromas of struck match and popcorn, it’s fresh and elegant,...
2022 Rias Baxias Top 100
£5.00I hadn’t visited Rías Baixas for more than decade, but it’s been on my bucket list since before the pandemic. In May this year, I finally got the chance to...
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2022 Argentina Special Report
£20.00It was great to be back in Argentina this year after a break in 2021 because of the pandemic. I spent nearly a month in the country travelling from Buenos...
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2022 Chile Special Report
£20.00This is my sixth Chilean Special report. At 196 pages, it’s my most comprehensive overview yet of the world’s fifth biggest wine-producing country. After an absence of two years –...
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