Wine Suda Daniel's Wine Notes

Wine Suda — Daniel's Wine Notes

A wine magazine rewritten one bottle at a time by Daniel, who has logged 733 wines — plus a place for everyone's wine talk

This siteWine Suda (winesuda.com) is a bilingual wine magazine built on 733 Vivino ratings and tasting notes. Each article covers one bottle — producer, vintage, community ratings, world prices and how to buy it in Korea — alongside a free 100,000-wine lookup and a no-login community feed. So far: 733 wines logged, 12 full articles. Each article puts my rating next to the Vivino community average, critic scores and the Wine-Searcher world price — and explains the gap when there is one.

Latest articles

Bottle of Canti Prosecco Millesimato 2018 — my own photo, November 2019

Canti Prosecco Millesimato 2018

My rating 4.0 ★★★★☆ · Vivino 3.7

The old reliable of the E-Mart sparkling aisle. I gave a ₩20,000 Prosecco 4 stars. Three weeks into logging wines I wrote 'a spumante, lightly enjoyed' — and here's why that bottle is still the right call.

SparklingItalyGlera 100%
Juan Gil Blue Label 2017 bottle — my own photo, November 2019

Juan Gil Blue Label '18 Meses' Jumilla 2017

My rating 3.0 ★★★☆☆ · Vivino 4.2

Wine Spectator 94, Vivino 4.2, 15.5% alcohol. A Spanish monster the community adores — and I gave it 3 stars and wrote 'Not bad.' Why this wine got a raw deal that night.

RedSpainMonastrell 60% · Cabernet Sauvignon 30% · Syrah 10%
Ruhlmann Harmonie de Rosé Crémant d'Alsace bottle — my own photo, November 2019

Ruhlmann Crémant d'Alsace Rosé Brut 'Harmonie de Rosé'

My rating 3.0 ★★★☆☆ · Vivino 3.9

A 100% Pinot Noir crémant rosé from an Alsace family domaine that has grown vines since 1688. Vivino says 3.9; I gave it 3 and wrote "Delicious crémant." A bottle where the score and the note disagree.

Sparkling roséFrancePinot Noir 100%
Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay 2014 bottle — my own photo, November 2019

Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay 2014

My rating 3.0 ★★★☆☆ · Vivino 3.8

America's best-selling Chardonnay for more than 30 years. I gave the 2014 three stars and the 2021 four. The reason I scored the same wine differently twice is not that the wine changed — I did.

WhiteUnited StatesChardonnay 100%
Mouton Cadet Rouge Bordeaux 2016 bottle — my own photo, November 2019

Mouton Cadet Rouge Bordeaux 2016

My rating 3.0 ★★★☆☆ · Vivino 3.6

The best-selling Bordeaux in the world. The community gives it 3.6; I gave it 3 and wrote "Ordinary Bordeaux." Why that one line was exactly right — and why this wine keeps selling anyway.

RedFranceMerlot 83% · Cabernet Sauvignon 10% · Cabernet Franc 7%
Bottle of Tarapacá Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 — my own photo, November 2019

Viña Tarapacá Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

My rating 3.5 ★★★½☆ · Vivino 3.9

An old Maipo name, in business since 1874. James Suckling 93, Vivino 3.9, and regularly on sale in Korea for around ₩20,000. My note was one word — 'Good.' — and I gave it 3.5.

RedChileCabernet Sauvignon 90% · Syrah 10% (producer's note, 2016)
Almaviva 2016 label — my own photo

Almaviva 2016

My rating 4.5 ★★★★½ · Vivino 4.5

Chile's own 'first growth', made jointly by Rothschild and Concha y Toro. James Suckling 97, Wine Spectator 95. I've drunk it three times in six years, and my first note was exactly two words: 'Strong pepper.'

RedChileCabernet Sauvignon 66% · Carmenère 24% · Cabernet Franc 8% · Petit Verdot 2%
Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2017 label — my own photo, November 2019

Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2017

My rating 4.0 ★★★★☆ · Vivino 3.8

I found 'gasoline' in a ₩20,000 Riesling from Costco. Evergreen Vineyard in Washington State, 12% alcohol, and a wine built from the ground up for spicy food.

WhiteUnited StatesRiesling 100%
Bottle of Villa Antinori Rosso Toscana 2016 — my own photo, November 2019

Villa Antinori Rosso Toscana IGT 2016

My rating 4.5 ★★★★½ · Vivino 3.8

The Antinori family's 'face' wine, made since 1928. The community gives it 3.8; I gave it 4.5, for one reason — with fried chicken, its aromatics and balance were as perfect as a Burgundy Pinot.

RedItalySangiovese-led + Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Syrah · Petit Verdot
Dom Pérignon Vintage 2008 label — my own photo, November 2019

Dom Pérignon Vintage 2008

My rating 5.0 ★★★★★ · Vivino 4.6

The vintage Richard Geoffroy called a 'miracle year' — the first 50:50 Chardonnay–Pinot Noir blend since 1990. My first five-star Champagne. Twenty-two critics average 96 points; the world average price is about ₩720,000.

SparklingFranceChardonnay 50% · Pinot Noir 50%
Bottle of William Hill Central Coast Chardonnay 2015 — my own photo, November 2019

William Hill Central Coast Chardonnay 2015

My rating 5.0 ★★★★★ · Vivino 3.6

The community gives it 3.6; I gave it 5. A ₩20,000-range California Chardonnay where pear, apple, peach, banana and honey all burst at once.

WhiteUnited StatesChardonnay 100%
Bottle of Domaine Antonin Guyon Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2013 — my own photo, October 2019

Domaine Antonin Guyon Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2013

My rating 3.0 ★★★☆☆ · Vivino 4.1

Grand cru Pinot Noir from the mid-slope of the Corton hill. Critics give it 91, Vivino 4.1, but I gave it 3 stars. A wine you shortchange by serving too cold, and one that gets better the next day.

RedFrancePinot Noir 100%

How this magazine works

One bottle per page: producer, vintage, community data, prices and how to buy it in Korea.

When my score disagrees with the crowd or the critics, the disagreement becomes the point of the article, not something to hide.

Every number carries its source and date — Vivino averages with their rating counts, prices with the day they were checked.

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