Panos Kakaviatos, Author at Wine Review Online

Assessing Bordeaux from the 2015 Vintage, 10 Years On

by Panos Kakaviatos | March 12, 2025

Thanks to the London-based Bordeaux Index wine trading company, I tasted top-flight Bordeaux from the 2015 vintage, “10 years on.”...

by Panos Kakaviatos | January 22, 2025

Having tasted so far some 250 bottles of Bordeaux 2022 from bottle to this point, I recall what I had...

by Panos Kakaviatos | November 6, 2024

Visiting Alsace last month, rain was falling as harvesters brought back grapes to ferment at Maison Trimbach in Ribeauvillé, the...

by Panos Kakaviatos | August 28, 2024

Being aboard an Airbus A-320 in business class this past June from Paris to Ljubljana to discover a new wine...

by Panos Kakaviatos | June 12, 2024

Readers should keep in mind that, too often, consumers drink fine whites of Alsace too young. Looking back to a...

by Panos Kakaviatos | March 15, 2024

You know a Bordeaux producer is worthy when their second wine at nearly 20 years old is selected among the...

by Panos Kakaviatos | November 16, 2023

The recently bottled 2021 vintage from Bordeaux is “very demanding” remarked friend and (very) experienced taster Jürgen Steinke while tasting...

by Panos Kakaviatos | August 23, 2023

Live outdoor music, delicious hors d’oeuvres, a magnificent indoor dinner accentuated by artistic dancing all contributed to one of the...

by Panos Kakaviatos | May 25, 2023

Had the 2022 growing season occurred 10 years ago, it would have been an unmitigated disaster in Saint-Émilion, which in...

by Panos Kakaviatos | February 8, 2023

A wonderful evening at the cozy and elegant French restaurant La Chaumière in Georgetown in Washington D.C. It was great...

by Panos Kakaviatos | October 20, 2022

I can still recall the disappointment in Jean-René Matignon’s face as rain started to fall towards the end of the...

by Panos Kakaviatos | August 5, 2022

Viticulturist Fernando Franco cares for vines like his children. Driving through the 170-acre vineyard at the expansive – and historical...