Magic in Muscadet: 20 Crus Communaux wines to try
An in-depth look into why now is the time to explore these wines...
Beverley Blanning MW is a London-based independent wine journalist and the author of Wine Tasting and Biodynamics in Wine. A feature writer and taster for Decanter – and a contributor to other publications around the world – Blanning has judged at numerous wine competitions internationally. She is also a presenter and educator for corporate, consumer and trade events. She was a judge at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2017, but she first judged the competition in 2004.
An in-depth look into why now is the time to explore these wines...
Organics and screwcaps could be the way forward for Chateau Margaux, according to new research by the Bordeaux first growth.
Opus One winemaker Michael Silacci claimed that the high alcohol in California wine today is a concern that is voiced 'mostly in Europe'
Tenuta de Biserno, the brainchild of Marchese Lodovico Antinori, is a 90-hectare estate in western Tuscany
BEVERLEY BLANNING MW looks for the best way to keep an open bottle fresh, as she tests a range of stoppers
Alvaro Palacios is Spain’s most talked about winemaker. But as Beverley Blanning MW finds out, he can talk a fair bit himself…
Beverley Blanning MW reports on the Bordeaux 2006 vintage in Pessac-Léognan and Graves...
A blend of many eaux de vie, some more than a century old, Cognac is far more complex than you might think, especially on the nose. The intrepid Beverley Blanning MW was tasked with officially defining its aromas
Beverley Blanning MW meets the innovator set to shake up the wine world even more by blending Côte de Nuits with Californian Pinot Noir
Morey-St-Denis may be among the lower profile communes, but it embodies all that is best about Burgundy’s individuality, says Beverley Blanning MW
You want to interest your children in wine, but how to ensure they appreciate it rather than abuse it, asks Beverley Blanning MW
Parents are too slow and insufficiently active in teaching their children about alcohol, according to new research from drinks industry body the Drinkaware Trust.
Two wines from the tiny Gimblett Gravels area of Hawkes Bay in New Zealand have out-performed Bordeaux wines ten times as expensive.
Margaux cru bourgeois Château Siran has been in the same family for 150 years. Yet the bluechip owners have been in Asia all that time. BEVERLEY BLANNING MW profiles one of Bordeaux’s more quirky names
BEVERLEY BLANNING MW looks at how winemakers are coping with climate change, and wonders if it means an end to our classic wine styles
Producers of France’s forgotten wine are targeting middle-aged women in their new marketing. The forever-young BEVERLEY BLANNING MW wonders if they’re not selling themselves a bit short
Aurelio Montes started from scratch to create one of Chile’s leading producers. He tells BEVERLEY BLANNING MW how – and why – he did it
The winners – and losers – of the Chilean wine industry’s recent awards took everyone by surprise. BEVERLEY BLANNING MW considers the implications and a possible new era for the country’s producers
Can’t quite finish that Aussie Shiraz? BEVERLEY BLANNING MW looks for the best way to keep an open bottle fresh, as she tests a range of stoppers
The world of Chilean wine was turned on its head last week as the results of the fifth Wines of Chile Awards were announced in Santiago.
Sustainable is the word of the moment for wineries aiming to be environmentally friendly. But what does it actually mean, asks BEVERLEY BLANNING MW
A lot of fuss about nothing? Do different glass shapes really enhance anything more than your interior décor, asks BEVERLEY BLANNING MW
The Australian owner of luxury hotel group Per Aquum has built a huge 10,000-bottle wine cellar at one resort. Beverley Blanning MW finds out whether his own wine collection lives up to those of his hotels
It was always assumed that Bordeaux aged better than California – until the 30-years-on Paris tasting this May, when old Californians outshone ageing Bordelais. So will today’s concentrated, alcoholic Californian Cabs go the distance, asks Beverley Blanning MW
Major UK supermarket Marks & Spencer is predicting a drop in consumer interest in higher-alcohol wines – and will source more wines ‘at 12% rather than 14% alcohol'.
Masters of Wine across the world have been unearthing treasures from their cellars to donate bottles to fundraising auctions taking place at the end of this month.
Wine marketers have missed a trick by failing to provide meaningful links between wine and music, the MW Symposium heard last month.
Clues to understanding why we all perceive wines differently were unveiled by an American scientist at the Masters of Wine Symposium in Napa.
One of the most prestigious sommeliers’ prizes has been won by a Scandinavian for the second time running.
The world’s top wine critics will have their taste buds scientifically tested this summer at the four-yearly Institute of Masters of Wine Symposium.