Questions about wine answered with numbers: weather, vintages, critics' language and value.
From the Gimblett Gravels to Priorat's llicorella and Coonawarra's terra rossa: how 16 famous soils shape the wine, through water, heat, fertility and roots.
30 Oct 202645,104 reviews, each producer compared with itself in hot and normal years. A warm season helps cool regions, does nothing for warm ones, and some grapes cope far better than others.
30 Oct 20268 cool vineyard areas mapped against a warm neighbour with 30 years of climate data and fine terrain: height, mountains, the sea and latitude keep them fresh.
30 Oct 202620 famous vintage reputations tested against 45,096 reviews, comparing each producer with itself. Most hold up, but the producer matters far more than the year.
30 Oct 2026Which wine regions give you more for your money, and which charge for the name? 585 appellations compared like for like.
29 Oct 202654,542 critic reviews matched to the weather of their vintage. Hotter seasons measurably change the words critics use.