Port Wine Fest · London 2026 The Return of Vintage Port:Why 2024 Could Become the Defining Declaration of a New Era A first full declaration in seven years arrives in London — and tastes like a benchmark vintage in the making. Port Wine Fest, London — King’s Cross, 2026 With thanks to Demetri Walters MW…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…