Other news the past 12 months, part 1 of 2
ITALIAN WINE DAY, 27-11-2023, GRAND HOTEL, STOCKHOLM (10-12-2023 by Nenad Jelisic)
The Italian Wine Day at the beautiful and world-famous Grand Hotel in Stockholm on the 27th of November 2023 was the last major wine tasting of the year. As usual everything was perfectly organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce. Of the 191 tasted wines (51%) of the 371 wines available, 12 wines (6%) got 3,5 NJP or more. The result is disappointing, but at the same time it must be said that never before have so many wines got 3,5 NJP of 5,0 NJP. Unfortunately, it was the same trend at this tasting as at the other trade tastings in recent years, i.e. the most well-known wine producers and their prestige wines were missing. This is both a very boring trend and a big difference to how it was a few years ago. The result could be much better if, for example, we got to taste the wines from Aldo Conterno, Capannelle, Dal Forno Romano, Gaja (not only Sito Moresco), La Spinetta, Le Macchiole, Monteverro and Tua Rita or the wines such as Masseto, Ornellaia, Sassicaia and Tignanello for to name a few. The twelve wines that stood out in terms of quality and taste were five wines from the Amarone della Valpolicella appellation in the Valpolicella wine district, which is located in the wine region Veneto, five wines from the Tuscany wine region and two wines from the Barolo appellation that belongs the Piedmont wine region.
THE TOP 10 WINES 2023 AND THE BEST WINE 2023 (04-12-2023 by Nenad Jelisic)
This is the eleventh consecutive year that NJ Wines presents the top 10 wines. In 2023, NJ Wines tasted a few thousand wines that were, and still are, available on the wine market. From all these wines, NJ Wines selected the 10 top wines of the year. The most important criterion in the selection was of course the quality of the wines, but also the availability of the wines today. Of the top 10 wines of the year come five from Italy, one from Croatia, one from Spain, one from Portugal, one from USA and one from France. This year, with the fourth best wine of the year, the sixth best wine of the year, the seventh best wine of the year, the eighth best wine of the year and the ninth best wine of the year, Italy proved that it once again belongs to one of the world's best wine-producing countries. Note that NJ Wines’ wine tasting year always begins the first week of December the year before and ends the last the week in November the current year i.e. for the year 2023 it started the first week in December 2022 and ended the last week in November 2023. This year, three wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2022, no wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2021, four wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2020, two wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2019, five wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2018, six wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2017, no wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2016, one wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2015, one wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2014, no wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points) and in 2013, one wine got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points). NJ Wines is very pleased with the positive result, but NJ Wines does not believe that the global quality of the wines has changed as much in the positive direction as the tasting result shows. NJ Wines was just lucky enough to taste some of the world's best wines in 2023.
NEW WINES IN REGULAR ASSORTMENT SEPTEMBER 2023 (29-11-2023 by Nenad Jelisic)
NJ Wines has tasted all Systembolaget's new wines in regular assortment September 2023. The wines got the following points (Note that the wines are arranged in alphabetical order, that the wines that have got more than 3,0 NJP, if any, are presented or will be presented under "Make sure to try these wines, wines that have got at least 3,5 NJP of possible 5,0 NJP", that NV = non-vintage wine, that Systembolaget = a government owned chain of all liquor stores in Sweden and that NJ Wines does not taste wines from Boxes, Paper-packaging and PET-bottles because NJ Wines believes that these types of packaging destroy the wonderful wine culture. The Boxes also make people drink much more than they should.):
1. Alba Rhino, Vinho Verde, 2022 (14 EUR/15 USD in Sweden), white dry wine, Portugal, 1,0 NJP, 2. Bio Riesling, NV (9 EUR/10 USD in Sweden), white semi-dry sparkling wine, Germany, 0,0 NJP, 3. Cecchi, Chianti Classico, 2021 (15 EUR/16 USD in Sweden), red dry blend wine, Italy, 3,0 NJP, 4. Christina, Orange, NV (15 EUR/16 USD in Sweden), white dry wine, Austria, 0,0 NJP, 5. Diente de León, Criolla, 2022 (13 EUR/14 USD in Sweden), red semi-dry wine, Argentina, 0,0 NJP, 6. Digno, Riesling, 2022 (8 EUR/10 USD in Sweden), white dry wine, Chile, 1,5 NJP, 7. Elara, Treixadura & Godello, 2022 (9 EUR/10 USD in Sweden), white dry wine, Spain, 0,5 NJP, 8. Fincas Valdemar, Gran Reserva, Edición Especial, 2015 (22 EUR/25 USD in Sweden), red dry blend wine, Spain, 5,0 NJP, 9. Lenz Moser, Zweigelt, Eleganz, 2022 (9 EUR/10 USD in Sweden), red dry wine, Austria, 0,5 NJP, 10. Le Sablou, Bergerac, 2022 (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden), red dry blend wine, France, 0,5 NJP.
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