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Decoding wine labels Common wine labelling terms - Wine Labels

How well do you know your wine terms? Test your knowledge

How good are you at reading a wine label? And…

Natural wine alternative

Hugh Johnson: Do we need a natural wine alternative?

Hugh Johnson on natural wines....

Oscars wine

Oscars wine: What will the stars be drinking?

What will be served at the 89th Oscars...?

randall grahm, california, Popelouchum

Anson: A new California ‘grand cru’ in the making?

Call me shallow, but there is something pretty exciting about…

Wine shop in China

Australia makes big gains in China – wine import data

See the new China wine import figures...

drc, romanee-conti

Fake DRC wine: Prosecutor demands prison for alleged gang member

Russian man accused of helping to sell 400 fakes...

Prosecco Unesco

Italy applies for Prosecco UNESCO status

Can DOCG growing make world heritage list?...

beaujolais 2015, piron, morgon

Jefford on Monday: Beaujolais pride

The 2015 vintage has turned things around...

chianti classico black rooster

Chianti Classico looks forward to Chinese year of the rooster

Chianti Classico shares emblem with Chinese new year...

Chinese new year, chinese zodiac

Chinese Zodiac 2017: Which wine stars share your animal sign?

See our graphic to find out...

aloxe-corton, corton wood

Tension mounts over Corton hill’s ‘mystery buyer’

Winemakers raise concerns but no deal confirmed...

Changyu, chinese wine, sainsbury's

UK supermarket Sainsbury’s launches Chinese wine

Sainsbury's sells Chinese wine for £8 a bottle...

Thomas Jefferson

Anson: What Thomas Jefferson did in Bordeaux

And an ill-fated trade embargo...

See winners of the André Simon wine and food book awards

Wine and food books to read this year...

Burns Night: Scotland’s wine pioneers

Scotland has more influence on wine than you'd think...

chile fires, vineyards damaged

Chile fires: 100-year-old vines lost in ‘national catastrophe’

Vineyards lost in 'national catastrophe'...

castillon, bordeaux vineyard

Chinese food giant buys Bordeaux wine estate

Golden Field joins ranks of new 'strategic' buyers...

Decanter 40th lunch

Steven Spurrier becomes WSET honorary president

Decanter consultant editor to hold top role...

blue wine, gik

Producers of banned ‘blue wine’ appeal for law change

It can't be called wine, say officials...

seyssuel, vienne, french wine

Jefford on Monday: In search of a lost wine

Wine doesn't have many stories like this...

Queen english wine

Pre-orders begin for second vintage of Queen’s English wine

Queen joins ranks of English wine producers...

jancis robinson, decanter

Jancis Robinson donates papers to UC Davis

Critic follows Hugh Johnson in donating to archive...

Donald Trump

Here’s the wines on Trump’s inauguration lunch menu

A California 'Champagne' plus two other wines make the list...

chile fire, colchagua, ash cloud

Fires threaten vineyards in Chile’s Colchagua Valley

Chilean vineyards put on 'red alert'...

loire wine, domaine des roches neuves

Anson: March of the Loire

Jane Anson meets Loire wine pioneers...

crav, french winemakers attack spanish wine

Angry French winemakers attack Spanish lorries, block depot

Tension rises in southern France over cheap imports...

brexit and wine

Theresa May’s Brexit speech keeps wine drinkers and trade guessing

What did we learn?...

Vinexpo Explorer

Vinexpo to launch new ‘explorer’ initiative

A new initiative from Vinexpo....

Ribeauvillé, alsace wine

Jefford on Monday: For common cause

How co-operatives saved Alsace wine, and bottles to try...

California wine balance

Oz Clarke: Finding balance in California

Waves of change in California wine...