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Bordeaux 2014: Is this a watershed year for en primeur?
There's greater pressure than usual on Bordeaux this year, but will the unveiling of the 2014 vintage in just one…
First Taste: Steven Spurrier on Alvaro Palacios 2014 wines
Less than a month after he was crowned Decanter Man of the Year for 2015, Alvaro Palacios was back in…
Anson on Thursday: The day that changed Bordeaux
It’s a dinner party game. If you’re having dinner with serious wine geeks I should add, but probably don't need…
Can a new Cava classification win over consumers?
Cava producers are gearing up to launch a new classification rank for single estate wines, but will it be enough…
Jefford on Monday: Beyond the five booms
Australia’s resource boom may be drawing to a close, but there is no stopping the deep-cast mining of wine statistics…
Torres to launch ‘second wine’ to Grans Muralles
Decanter recently attended an event hosted by Miguel Torres Senior to unveil Purgatori, conceived as a second wine to Grans…
Anson on Thursday: Bordeaux en primeur – first bite
‘Do you want that bread sliced?’ says my local baker most weekends. It’s a weekly exchange that has interesting parallels…
Jefford on Monday: After the eclipse
Most great terroirs, I’ve come round to believing, can produce different sorts of compelling wine. A distinguished site is pure…
Anson on Thursday: Syrah’s new frontier
Driving south out of Lyon airport, it takes around 20 minutes to see the first vines, grazing the A7 motorway…
Decanter World Wine Awards 2015 entry deadline extended
The deadline for submitting entries to the 2015 Decanter World Wine Awards has been extended to 6 March.
Jefford on Monday: Runners and Ringers
Nice when it works out – and, for whatever reason, the world is thirsty for the wines of my adopted…
Jefford on Monday: Some Useless Notes
What’s the answer? I’m not sure, but here’s the question.
First Taste: Bollinger Grande Annee 2005
Newly launched Bollinger Grande Annee 2005 is ready to drink on release and offers a glimpse of how global warming…
Should we stop talking about Old and New World wine?
See both sides of the debate and have your say...
Jefford on Monday: Provocateur at the Egalitarian Fair
Democratic, certainly. Perhaps you could call it socialist. Maybe even communist, such is the rigour with which every exhibitor is…
DRC 2012 vintage: Gerard Basset’s guide
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti continued to spearhead the wine auction scene in 2014, with Sotheby’s alone selling $8.9m of its…
Jefford on Monday: Jar Shock
Anyone who visits wine cellars regularly will have noted clay, concrete or earthenware jars of various sizes and forms stealthily…
Jefford on Monday: Heading South
Anyone seeking dental refuge from the searching acidity which will have been on display at London's recent 2013 burgundy tastings…
Sir Winston Churchill on wine
Sir Winston Churchill drank so much Pol Roger Champagne that there is a cuvee named in his honour. Here are…
Jefford on Monday: Battle of the Bulles
We all love a bubble. Or rather we all love the wine wrapped around those little spheres of trapped carbon…
Infographic: The DWWA 2015 timeline
As the Decanter World Wine Awards opens for 2015, check our guide to the entry process and the key dates…
Five must-visit wineries at the Decanter Mediterranean Fine Wine Encounter
This year's Decanter Mediterranean Fine Wine Encounter in London on Saturday 7th March 2015 is set to showcase an incredible…
Chart: Global Champagne sales since the financial crisis
It's been a rollercoaster ride for global Champagne sales since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, but official figures…
Jefford on Monday: Carrots, Celery – and Shiraz
Will there, one day, be a Department of Terroir Studies at a leading academic institution? Who will be its first…
Picture of the week: Pitarra wine at Los Escobazos festival
Each week we'll be bringing you a picture from events happening across the wine world... This week, Pitarra wine being…
Graphic: California leads global vineyard price rises
Data from estate agency Knight Frank shows that Sonoma in California has seen some of the steepest rises in vineyard…
Charts: Wine closures market share
See the charts below to find out what types of wine closure are the most popular worldwide, and to see…
Jefford on Monday: Remembering Serge
Just as there is no wine quite like Château Musar, so there will never be another winemaker like Serge Hochar.…
Are restaurant wine mark-ups too steep?
See both sides of the debate as a new app launches that promises to show diners the retail prices of…