Matt Walls
Decanter Premium, Decanter Magazine, Rhône Expert and DWWA 2019 Regional Chair for the Rhône
Matt Walls is an award-winning freelance wine writer and consultant, contributing regular articles to various print and online titles including Decanter, where he is a contributing editor. He publishes the blog mattwalls.co.uk, for which he was named the 2015 International Wine & Spirit Competition Blogger of the Year.
His first book on wine, Drink Me!, won Best Newcomer at the 2013 Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards. In addition to writing, Walls advises restaurants on wine lists, hosts tastings and judges at food and wine competitions.
He was previously fine wine manager at UK importer Mentzendorff, and bought wines for the flagship store of London’s The Sampler.
He writes about all areas of wine, but specialises in the Rhône, for which he was Regional Chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2019.
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Northern Rhône 2019 report plus top scoring wines
There are many that are enjoyable, rich and opulent wines...
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Southern Rhône 2019 report plus top scoring wines
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Rhône 2019 En Primeur: Full report
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Top Côtes du Rhône wines under £20/$25
Top picks from Côtes du Rhône and Côtes du Rhône Villages...
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New Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation granted - Nyons
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Producer profile: Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe plus 15 wines tasted
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Syrah vs Shiraz: 30 great buys from South Africa
After France, South Africa is the go-to country for Syrah, says Matt Walls...
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Rare vertical tasting: Domaine les Cailloux's Cuvée Centenaire 1989-2016
A rare chance to taste a vertical of this special bottling....
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Top five Northern Rhône vintages ready to drink now
Five vintages to open now....
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Top five Southern Rhône vintages ready to drink now
The five vintages worth opening and drinking at the moment...
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Château de Beaucastel Hommage à Jacques Perrin complete vertical: 1989 – 2017
One of the most famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines....
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Domaine Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Ampodium vertical: 2008 – 2012
Matt Walls tastes five mature vintages....
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Domaine Clape: Cornas vertical tasting from 2017 – 1987
The rare chance to taste 13 Cornas bottlings...
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Cornas, Côte-Rôtie & Hermitage 2010: Panel tasting results
Has the 2010 northern Rhône vintage lived up to the hype?
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Decanter interview: Château de Saint Cosme's Louis Barruol
One of the Rhône Valley’s most celebrated winemakers...
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Matt Walls' top 10 fine wines of 2019
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Guigal's crown jewels: Tasting the 2015 'La Las'
Matt Walls revisits the highly promising 2015 vintage...
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Rhône 2018: Top 30 white wines
Matt Walls selects the best whites from the 2018 vintage
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Best value Southern Rhône 2018 - Top buys
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Best value Northern Rhône 2018 - Top buys
Matt Walls selects 15 wines that offer quality and value
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Southern Rhône 2018 report: The top scorers
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Rhône 2018 En Primeur: Full report
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Northern Rhône 2018 report: The top scorers
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From the archive: Producer profile: Domaine Georges Vernay
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Château de St-Cosme Gigondas: Tasting the single-vineyard bottlings
Wines from four different sites, from 2010-2017...
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Regional profile: Vinsobres
Producing wines with a level of natural freshness few other regions can match...
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Expert’s Choice: St-Péray
It once rivalled Champagne...
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Matt Walls' most exciting Cairanne wines
The source of some of the best wines in the Southern Rhône...
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Hermitage vintage guide