Tina Gellie
Content Editor & Regional Editor - US, Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa
Tina Gellie has worked for Decanter since 2008 and is the brand's Content Editor as well as Regional Editor for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. An awarded wine writer and editor, she also won several scholarships on the way to getting her WSET Diploma, and is a freeman of The Worshipful Company of Distillers. She has worked in wine publishing since 2003, including as Deputy Editor and Acting Editor of Wine International. Before her wine career she was a newspaper journalist for broadsheets in London and Australia.
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Louis Roederer Wine Writers' Awards 2015 winners announced
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Bordeaux dry white wines to try this summer
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Mamba Awards 2015: Liberty wins first Decanter trophy
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Top 10 Sancerre red wines to try
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Domaine Vincent Pinard, Charlouise 2011
See Decanter’s expert rating, tasting notes and drinking window for Domaine Vincent Pinard, Charlouise 2011
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12 top value fortified wines
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Laroche launches first single-vineyard village Chablis
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Valpolicella needs an image change
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Kumeu River versus Burgundy Chardonnay
There are not too many New World Chardonnay producers confident enough to submit their wines for a blind tasting against top white Burgundy. But Kumeu River, from Auckland in New Zealand, is one of them, discovers Tina Gellie.
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Natural wine movement has legs, shows RAW fair in UK
Many have dismissed natural wine as a fad; a movement followed only by bearded kale-eating hipsters, and one which will peter out as soon as the next cool thing comes along.
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Ten New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 2014 wines to try
Despite talk about Riesling coming back and ‘trendy’ varieties like Picpoul de Pinet and Fiano taking over from Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay in high street wine bars, Sauvignon Blanc is still a big hitter - and the most popular white wine variety in the UK. Here's 10 wines from New Zealand's 2014 vintage to try.
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'Anything but Chardonnay' mantra is nonsense, says Bruce Cakebread
There’s no such thing as 'anything but Chardonnay', Bruce Cakebread tells Decanter's associate editor, Tina Gellie. And even if there were such a phenomenon, the president of Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars says he wouldn’t worry too much.
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Rioja: Blend it like Ramon Bilbao
As you sip away at your glass of Rioja, do you ever consider the steps that led to your enjoyment of it? Decanter's associate editor, Tina Gellie, recently turned winemaker for the day to put her blending skills to the test.
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Douro winemaker Luis Sottomayor excited by Casa Ferreirinha Reserva Especial release
At the London launch of Casa Ferreirinha’s Reserva Especial 2007, we caught up with Luis Sottomayor, the winemaker of both this renowned Douro wine and arguably Portugal’s most famous table wine, Barca Velha.
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Decanter contributor Wink Lorch wins Best Drink Book at Andre Simon Awards
Decanter contributor Wink Lorch has won the Andre Simon Best Drink Book of 2014 for her crowd-funded book Jura Wine.
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Sancerre: The French Pinot Noir you should be drinking
It’s high time to pay attention to the reds from Sancerre...
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Abolish the term 'second wine', says Ornellaia winemaker
The winemaker for Bolgheri estate Ornellaia has said the term 'second wine' should be phased out to convince consumers that they are not just second best.
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Shaw & Smith and Wynns scoop Mamba Awards 2014
South Australia – and the cool-climate Adelaide Hills region in particular – has taken the lion's share of prizes in the seventh annual Mamba Awards for Australian wines on sale in the UK.
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Confessions of a sommelier: Gal Zohar
Decanter talks to sommelier Gal Zohar about the most memorable moments in his career and the best wine he's ever drunk, as published in Decanter's August 2013 issue.
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Chablis battles rot to secure 2013 harvest
For Chablis winemakers who can manage rot in their vineyards, the 2013 harvest may yet yield some pleasantly surprising wines, say producers.
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Chateauneuf wineries taking 'easy way out', says Beaucastel winemaker
Chateau de Beaucastel’s Marc Perrin believes many Chateauneuf-du-Pape wineries are sacrificing their life expectancy for a shorter-term commercial agenda.
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Texture wins UK's best restaurant wine list
London restaurant Texture claimed the honour of the UK's best wine list at the National Restaurant Awards last night.