2020: Lockdown stories - view from the vines
Winemakers in six different nations to find out how they and their teams coped...
As a broadcaster, writer and Master of Wine, Peter Richards is a familiar face to many, known for his unique blend of enthusiasm and erudition. His credits include more than a decade on BBC1 plus Sky One, ESPN, Financial Times, The Guardian, ITV1, Radio 4, BBC2 and The Sunday Times.
He is a regular Decanter contributor as well as chairman of the Decanter Retailer Awards and regional chair at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Together with his wife, Susie Barrie MW, he co-hosts the acclaimed Wine Blast podcast, a top-10 show in worldwide charts including the US and UK. The pair also host the annual Wine Festival Winchester, described as, ‘the finest wine festival in the country’.
Winemakers in six different nations to find out how they and their teams coped...
Many Bordeaux properties have embarked on ambitious projects to reinvigorate their estates, blending history and modernity to stunning effect...
There is quality and consistency in South American Syrah
White wines to enjoy this summer...
18 French white wines to enjoy this summer...
18 top reds with 12.5% alcohol or less
Wine lovers seeking alternatives to Burgundy look this way...
A growing market, but how are these wines produced?
The universe of low- and no-alcohol beverages is rapidly expanding and improving...
Good wines that offered great, fruit-driven value...
Independents are the best places to find the real Chile, suggests Peter Richards MW...
The quality bar gets ever higher. for these wines...
This busy consultant winemaker has a hand in projects across four continents...
The fight against industrial pine forests in Chile's south...
Wines to look for from 2017, 2016 and 2015...
Chile is seeing increasingly varied vintage patterns...
World-class New Zealand Chardonnay...
His pioneering vision and sheer determination have helped to propel Chilean fine wine onto a global stage...
At the prestigious charity auction that’s an annual highlight of the wine trade, Peter Richards MW gets the inside track on how wines bought here are helping one UK retailer to tap into a growing premium sector
The story of Hospices de Beaune...
Just a few decades on since it was first formally recognised in Chile's vineyards, Carmenere is still asking a lot of questions of the country's wine growers. Peter Richards MW assesses the progress of this enigmatic grape variety
Chile's winemakers are going to extremes in a quest for enhanced complexity and quality in their white wines.
The latest recruit to the Great Wine Capitals provides the perfect way to experience the exciting Chilean wine scene, says Peter Richards MW.
From Relais & Chateaux luxury to family-run guest houses, Chile’s hotel scene is more dynamic, and eclectic, than ever. Regular visitor Peter Richards MW recommends where to stay in the wine regions.
Which is the better recipe for marriage success – wine nut & wine nut, or wine nut & wine novice, ponders Peter Richards
Colchagua is the most dynamic wine region in Chile – with many of the big names rushing to buy up new land, says Peter Richards