
Yohan Castaing
Bordeaux native Yohan Castaing is a freelance journalist, based in France. He reviews wines from the Loire, Languedoc, Roussillon, Provence, southwest France and Champagne houses for The Wine Advocate. He founded Anthocyanes, a French wine guide, and Velvety Tannins, a guide to the wines of the Rhône Valley. He also writes for wine publications including Gault&Millau and Jancis Robinson. Castaing has held a variety of positions in the wine industry such as wine buyer and marketing director. He was a wine marketing consultant and the author of several books about wine marketing and wine tourism before, in 2011, he became a full-time freelance wine journalist focusing on the industry and wine reviews.
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Producer profile: Franck Bonville
Straddling the divide between small grower and Champagne house.
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Alsace’s Domaine Zind-Humbrecht: 2019 releases tasted
A guide to Domaine Zind-Humbrecht's vineyards and a dozen 2019s tasted...
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Yohan Castaing: My top 10 Champagnes of 2021
See which 10 bottles came out on top...
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Vérité: Sonoma micro-lot wines
Some top wines from Sonoma...
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First taste: Drappier ‘Trop m’en faut!’
See the background and tasting note for this unusual Champagne...
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First taste: Salon 2012 and Delamotte 2014
Two new vintage Champagne releases...
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Château de Millery: a hidden gem in St-Emilion
Why this St-Emilion Grand Cru deserves attention, with 10 wines tasted...
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First taste: Piper Heidsieck, Hors-Série 1971
A limited number of 2,021 bottles will be released...
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B13: A new limited edition Champagne from Bollinger
A new 100% Pinot Noir Champagne...
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First taste: Brad Pitt and partners reveal rosé Champagne ‘Fleur de Miraval’
New luxury Champagne set for release after five-year 'secret' project...
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First taste: Dom Pérignon new releases
New Dom Pérignon releases tasted including P2 2003, vintage 2012 and Rosé 2008
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New release first taste: Bollinger PN VZ 16
Bollinger's new release PN VZ 16 tasted and rated
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Champagne AR Lenoble: Producer profile
Introducing the Champagne house A R Lenoble, with wines to try
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Champagne brands to buy: Over 100 vintage & non-vintage bottles rated
Yohan Castaing evaluates over 70 vintage releases from producers large and small...
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First taste: Krug new releases
Krug new releases tasted and rated
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Champagne De Venoge: producer profile
This long-established Champagne house is flying high after decades of turmoil, finds Yohan Castaing who also tasted five wines from the collection.
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First taste: Perrier-Joüet, Belle Epoque 2013
Yohan Castaing tastes the newly released Perrier Joüet Belle Epoque 2013
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Valentin Zusslin: Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg vertical
Vertical tasting: seven vintages of grand cru Riesling from Domaine Valentin Zusslin
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Vincent Pinard: haute-couture Sancerre
Vincent Pinard's Sancerres tasted, from the outstanding 2018 and 2019 vintages
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Champagne 2012: Top bottles to buy this winter
2012 Champagne: an expert assessment and wines to seek out
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Philipponnat: Producer profile
The Philipponnat family is of German origin and its roots in the Champagne region date back to at least 1522.
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Producer profile: Champagne Jacquesson plus latest wines tasted
Recognised around the world for its stylish and decidedly distinctive Champagnes...
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First taste: Krug’s 2006 releases
Yohan Castaing tastes the newly launched 2006 vintages of Kurg and Clos du Mesnil...
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Leclerc Briant: the biodynamic house every Champagne lover should know
Yohan tastes the wines of biodynamic Champagne house Leclerc Briant
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