Other news the past 12 months, part 1

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THE TOP 10 WINES 2025 AND THE BEST WINE 2025 (07-12-2025 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)

This is the thirteenth year in a row that NJ Wines presents the year's 10 Best Wines and the year's Best Wine. During 2025, 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 year's 10 Best Wines and the year's Best Wine. 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 year's 10 Best Wines, three come from France, two from Croatia, two from Bosnia and Herzegovina, two from Portugal and one from Spain. This year, Croatia proved with the year's best wine and the year's third best wine that it belongs to one of the world's best wine-producing countries. Note that NJ Wines' wine tasting year always starts the first week of December of the previous year and ends the last week of November of the current year, i.e. for the wine tasting year 2025 it started the first week of December 2024 and ended the last week of November 2025. This year, seven wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2024, eight wines got 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points), in 2023, 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 happy about the positive result, but NJ Wines does not believe that the global quality of wines has changed as much in a positive direction as the tasting results show. NJ Wines was just lucky to taste some of the world's best wines in 2025.

NEW WINES IN REGULAR ASSORTMENT SEPTEMBER 2025 (24-09-2025 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)

NJ Wines has tasted all Systembolaget's new wines in regular assortment September 2025. 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. Abrigados, Reserva, 2023 (11 EUR/13 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Portugal, 1,0 NJP, 2. Acrobat, Chardonnay, 2023 (16 EUR/19 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, USA, 1,0 NJP, 3. Alsace, Grand Cru, Schlossberg Riesling, 2023 (21 EUR/24 USD in Sweden) white semi-dry wine, France, 2,0 NJP, 4. Altos de José Ignacio, Albariño, 2024 (13 EUR/15 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Uruguay, 1,0 NJP, 5. Antonelli, Montefalco Rosso, 2022 (14 EUR/17 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Italy, 1,0 NJP, 6. Casas Patronales, Maucho, Malbec, 2024 (9 EUR/11 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Chile, 1,0 NJP, 7. Cuvée No 7, Brut, Blanc de Blancs, NV (9 EUR/11 USD in Sweden) white dry sparkling wine, Brazil, 0,0 NJP, 8. De Bortoli, DB, Chardonnay, NV (10 EUR/12 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Australia, 0,0 NJP, 9. Deep Roots, Riesling, NV (9 EUR/11 USD in Sweden) white semi-dry wine, Germany, 0,0 NJP, 10. Dicey, Dice, Pinot Noir, 2023 (11 EUR/13 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, New Zealand, 1,0 NJP.

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NEW WINES IN REGULAR ASSORTMENT JUNE 2025 (06-09-2025 by Nenad Jelisic)

NJ Wines has tasted all Systembolaget's new wines in regular assortment June 2025. 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. Alta Alella, Mirgin, Reserva, Brut, 2022 (13 EUR/16 USD in Sweden) white dry blend sparkling wine, Spain, 0,5 NJP, 2. Cantina Kurtatsch, Pinot Noir, 2024 (17 EUR/20 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Italy, 0,5 NJP, 3. Casas Patronales, Gran Reserva, Carmenère, 2023 (12 EUR/14 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Chile, 2,0 NJP, 4. Chin Chin, NV (7 EUR/8 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Chile, 0,0 NJP, 5. Euphoria, Rosé, 2024 (11 EUR/13 USD in Sweden) rosé semi-dry wine, Greece, 0,0 NJP, 6. Euphoria, Spumante, NV (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden) white semi-dry blend sparkling wine, Spain, 0,0 NJP, 7. Jean Vidérue, Côtes du Rhône, 2022 (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, France, 0,5 NJP, 8. Joaquín Rebolledo, Godello, 2024 (15 EUR/18 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Spain, 1,0 NJP, 9. Los Haroldos, Reserva, Chardonnay, 2024 (13 EUR/15 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Argentina, 2,0 NJP, 10. Maison Petit Perle, Blanc, 2024 (9 EUR/10 USD in Sweden) white dry blend wine, France, 0,5 NJP.

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