
Adam Lechmere
Adam Lechmere is consultant editor of Club Oenologique among other things.
Formerly launch editor of Decanter.com, which he edited until 2011, he has been writing about wine for 20 years, contributing to Decanter, World of Fine Wine, Meininger’s, the Guardian and many others. Before joining the wine world he worked for the BBC, and as a music and film gossip journalist.
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Man of the Year 2008: Christian MoueixChristian Moueix, one of the most respected winemakers in Bordeaux, is Decanter’s Man of the Year 2008.
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Aubert de Villaine: Decanter Man of the YearDecanter’s Man of the Year 2010 is Aubert de Villaine, proprietor of one of the world’s legendary wine estates.
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Exciting ‘reformer’ Rioja wines to tryAdam Lechmere picks 11 top Rioja wines from these new radicals.
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David Lynch reveals Dom Pérignon designTwin Peaks director David Lynch, one of Hollywood's most renowned film makers, has revealed his new design for Dom Pérignon.
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English wine producers search for signs of royal favourAt least two English wine producers are on tenterhooks as they wait to see if their wine will be served at the Royal Wedding on Friday.
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Chapoutier looks for English vinelandMichel Chapoutier is looking for land to make wine in England, he has told Decanter.com.
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New website for English sparkling wineA new website has been set up to showcase and sell English sparkling wines.
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World sparkling experts at Denbies for international conferenceSome of the most experienced figures in the sparkling wine world will be speaking at the International Sparkling Wine Symposium 2011.
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English wine producers salute ‘quality’ vintageThe English wine harvest has started in summer-like temperatures – and producers are delighted with the quality of the crop.
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Sales of English wine booming, say Berry BrosSales of English wine - both sparkling and still - have boomed over the last year, London wine merchant Berry Bros and Rudd says.
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English vineyard set for first ‘terroir’ designationCamel Valley Vineyards in Cornwall has submitted the UK's first single grower application for Protected Designation of Origin status.
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TV review: The Apprentice (BBC1)By Adam Lechmere Last updated
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English wine harvest ‘not looking good’, say winemakersAs England continues to suffer the wettest early summer since records began, winemakers are beginning to wonder if they are going to have any grapes to harvest at all.
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English winemakers pray for Indian summerThe English grape harvest will be about two weeks later and smaller than normal – with winemakers hoping for a fine September to save the vintage.
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English wine producer claims first with skin contact white wineEnglish winery Chapel Down is producing what it believes is the country's first skin contact white wine.
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Burgundy 2011: Decanter’s verdictBurgundy 2011 is seductive, the best whites ‘pure and willowy’, the reds lively and charming, Jeannie Cho Lee MW says in her summing up of the vintage for Decanter.
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Dom Perignon launches new Oenotheque at DecanterTwo new vintages of Dom Perignon will be launched during a live webcast at decanter.com this afternoon by winemaker Richard Geoffroy.
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Penfolds Grange 2006 launchedPenfolds Grange 2006 was launched last night along with six other classic Penfolds Chardonnays, Shiraz and Cabernets.
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DRC releases 2009 with promise of ‘steady’ pricingCorney & Barrow has released the 2009 vintage from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti with a promise that future prices will be 'steady and logical'.
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Bordeaux 2010: First verdicts from London tastingLondon has had its first taste of the Bordeaux 2010 Right Bank wines – and the verdict is very positive, with reservations about extraordinarily high alcohol levels.
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Decanter Bordeaux 2010 ratings publishedDecanter has published its ratings and tasting notes for the 'exceptional' Bordeaux 2010 vintage.
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Penfolds breaks into en primeur market
Penfolds is further staking its claim to be Australia’s most iconic winery by offering two of its rarest wines as ‘en primeur’ futures.
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Penfolds launches Grange 07 in Europe and first ever Bin 169Penfolds has just launched its icon wines in Europe – including the first-ever bottling of the new £165 Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, and the Grange 2007.
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Brad Pitt eyes Barolo vineyard
Hollywood star Brad Pitt is looking to acquire a vineyard in northern Italy, according to reports.
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