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In our new Decanter Wine Photography Competition, we’re on the lookout for images that celebrate the world of wine in all its forms – from sweeping landscapes and intimate gatherings to striking still lifes and imaginative, abstract interpretations. However you see wine, we want to see it too.

Send us your best shots and you could have your work featured in Decanter, both in print and on Decanter.com – along with the chance to win some truly exceptional prizes.

‘We’re delighted to be launching this competition, and we can’t wait to see the entries across all four categories,’ says Decanter art editor and chair of judges, Patrick Grabham. ‘We’ll be looking for photos that are attractive, compelling, visually engaging and technically correct. They have to draw the viewer in via composition, perspective or emotion. But ultimately they have to tell a story.’

What you could win

A winner and two runners-up will be chosen in each category, and one of the category winners will be voted overall competition winner by our panel of expert judges. Prizes will be:

Overall winner

  • A Sony Alpha 6700 kit including a camera and the E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II lens (£1,449)
  • A Coravin Timeless Three+ wine by-the-glass system (£289)
  • A year’s subscription to Decanter magazine and Decanter Premium (worth a minimum £163.49)
  • Total prize value: £1,900!

Sony Alpha 6700

(Image credit: Sony)

Category winners

  • Coravin Timeless Three+ wine by-the-glass system
  • A 12-month subscription to Decanter magazine and Decanter Premium.

Coravin Timeless Three+ wine-by-the-glass system

(Image credit: Coravin)

Runners-up

  • A 12-month subscription to Decanter Premium (worth £99)
  • The overall winning photo, the winning entries in each category, and the runner-up photos will all be featured in a future issue of Decanter, and on Decanter.com

How to enter

Please submit photographs at the highest possible resolution. Smartphone images should be saved and uploaded at the device’s maximum quality setting.

Entries will be reviewed by an expert judging panel made up of members of the Decanter editorial team and at least one independent judge. Images will be judged on originality, creativity, technical quality and visual impact. All winners will be notified by 28 September 2026.

There are four categories:

  1. Wine landscapes
  2. The enjoyment of wine
  3. Wine in the bottle, and or glass
  4. Abstract (creative)

The judges

  • Patrick Grabham Art Editor, Decanter
  • Amy Wislocki Editor, Decanter magazine
  • Richard Butcher Photographer, Future Photography Studio
  • Chris George Content Director, Digital Camera and digitalcameraworld.com
  • Yann Salmon Legagneur, Category Head, Digital Imaging, Sony UK & Nordics
  • Thomas Skovsende Award-winning photographer

About the prizes

  • Sony Alpha 6700 kit

Sony’s Alpha 6700 camera provides next-generation creativity on the go. Experience outstanding image quality with the new 26MP backside illuminated sensor and precise AI-powered autofocus. Lightweight, compact and intuitive, it lets you focus on your creativity. Capture every moment with ease. For hybrid users, enjoy professional-grade 4K recording and seamless connectivity with a wide range of Sony Native lenses. Unleash your creative power like never before with the Sony Alpha 6700. The prize also includes a lens: Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II.

  • Coravin Timeless Three+

With Coravin’s wine-by-the-glass systems you’re free to enjoy any wine, at any time, in any amount – whether you love bold reds, refreshing whites or sparkling wines. Coravin Timeless lets you pour wine without removing the cork or wasting the rest. So every glass tastes as if it were just opened without worrying about when to finish the bottle.

  • Decanter Magazine

Whether you’re a wine connoisseur or nearer the beginning of your journey in wine, we bring you the advice, information and inspiration you need to buy the best wines from around the world, at every price point. Vintage reports; regional profiles; spotlights on upcoming areas and producers; and recommendations for everyday drinking. Plus: regular free supplements, and an annual rundown of top-scoring wines in the DWWA, the world’s biggest wine competition.

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The small print

*No purchase necessary. The Decanter 2026 Photo Competition opens at 00.00 BST on 1 June 2026 and closes at 23.59 BST on 31 August 2026. For details of how to enter, visit decanter.com(photo-competition2026. Late or incomplete entries will be disqualified. Open to 18+ UK and US residents only (excluding Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, US military installations in foreign countries, or any other US territory where prohibited or restricted by law), and employees of Future Publishing Limited (‘Future’) and its group of companies, Sony and Coravin. One entry per category per household. No automated entries allowed. There will be four category winners, each winning a Coravin Timeless Three+, with a UK retail value of £289, plus a one-year subscription to Decanter magazine and Decanter Premium, worth a minimum £163.49. One of the category winners will be judged the overall winner, also receiving a Sony Alpha 6700 kit, including a camera and the E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II lens (UK RRP £1,449). There will also be two runners-up in each category, each receiving a 12-month subscription to Decanter Premium, with a value of £99. The winners and runners-up will be selected from all valid entries received by a panel of judges, including one independent judge (judges’ names available on request). The overall competition winner, the winning entries in each category, and the runner-up photos will all be featured in a future issue of Decanter, and on Decanter.com. The winners will be notified by Future by email and(or telephone within 28 days of the closing date and will be required to provide details of a UK or US delivery address. If no response is received within 28 days, an alternative winner will be selected. Future will deliver the prize. Future, Sony and Coravin reserve the right to substitute any product with an alternative product of equivalent value. The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable. No cash alternative. Void where prohibited. Any person winning $2,000 or more worth of prizes in a calendar year will receive IRS Form 1099. Prize value may be taxable, and winners are solely responsible for all applicable taxes. By taking part in this competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, the competition rules at www.futureplc.com(competition-rules and collection of personal data in accordance with Future’s privacy policy at www.futureplc.com(privacy-policy

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