Naveran: A Garden Planted for the Soul — judge.wine judge.wine · Estate Reports · Cava · Penedès Penedès · Catalonia · Spain Cava Guarda Superior · Estate Visit A GardenPlanted forthe Soul Inside Naveran — the house of cypresses, where 19th-century Modernisme meets a radical new vision for long-aged Cava judge.wine Estate Report Kateryna Yushchenko…
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Roots, Bubbles, and the Bridge Generation
Roots, Bubbles, and the Bridge Generation — judge.wine judge.wine Field Notes · Italy Barbatelle · Italy 2025 Roots, Bubbles, and the Bridge Generation A generation of Italian female winemakers choosing identity over trend, terroir over formula. By Kateryna Yushchenko · May 2025 Barbatelle in London · opening reception There is a particular kind of confidence…
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Nine Districts, One River, and the Malbec the Market Doesn’t Know Yet
Nine Districts, One River — judge.wine judge.wine Journal · Argentina Luján de Cuyo DOC · Mendoza Nine Districts, One River,and the Malbec the MarketDoesn’t Know Yet On Argentina’s first appellation — what it’s built, what it’s still figuring out, and why that matters Kateryna Yushchenko DipWSET May 2026 There is a version of Argentine Malbec…
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South Africa Is Not Emerging. It Has Arrived.
South Africa Is Not Emerging. It Has Arrived. — judge.wine Journal judge.wine Journal South Africa · London 2026 South Africa Is Not Emerging. It Has Arrived. On Tim Atkin MW’s annual 95+ tasting and what it reveals about the Cape in 2026 Kateryna Yushchenko DipWSET · May 2026 Tim Atkin MW 95+ Tasting, London 2026…
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Discover the Unique Wines of Greece
What Survives — judge.wine judge.wine Journal Greece · Journal What Survives By Kateryna Yushchenko London, April 2025 There are wines you taste and feel immediately late to. The argument has already been made, the vocabulary written, the hierarchy established. Chablis. Burgundy. Rioja. Someone else got there first, and your job is to agree or dissent…
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Rueda: Beyond Just Freshness in Wine
Rueda is no longer just about freshness Best of Rueda · London · Tasting Notes & Observations Rueda DO · Verdejo Rueda is no longerjust about freshness Twenty-odd wines in, and that fennel-edged finish was still there — the one that tells you exactly where you are. Everything else had changed. Kateryna Yushchenko DipWSET judge.wine…
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Exploring Argentine Malbec: 11 Wines, One Grape
judge.wine Tasting · Argentina Tasting Report Malbec Beyond the Familiar: Argentina Through One Grape and Eleven Glasses A Malbec World Day tasting at the Argentine Embassy in London revealed not a single story, but an entire country rethinking its most famous grape. Kateryna Yushchenko · Malbec World Day · April 2026 · London Malbec is…
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The Rise of Algarve Wines: A New Era Begins
About the Author My relationship with Portugal began through ViniPortugal — professional tastings, producer visits, judging programmes. But what stayed with me was never just the wine. It was the people. Federico Falcao, President of ViniPortugal, was one of the first I met properly, and his dedication to his country’s wines has that particular quality…
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Understanding Brunello 2021: Climate and Complexity
There are tastings where the wines come first. And there are tastings in which understanding comes first. The Brunello 2021 masterclass in London, organised by the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino and led by Gabriele Gorelli MW, clearly belonged to the second kind. This was not a presentation about quality or a celebration of…
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Understanding Etna Wines: A Journey Through Structure
At the InsidEtna tasting event in London, the focus was on clarification rather than discovery. Etna is already a well-known name in the world of fine wine. The question is no longer whether the region is important, but how to properly understand it. What often appears as stylistic diversity is, in fact, structural complexity. The…
