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What makes a wine collectible?

Wines you need in your cellar...

What is a noble grape? Ask Decanter

Is there an official list of the 'noble grapes'...?

Barolo 2010 Vintage Guide

Quality is the watchword for Barolo 2010, Ian D’Agata finds the vintage already displaying real density of textures and vibrant acidities.

What is Freisa? Ask Decanter

A close but little-known relative of Nebbiolo...

Ideas for using up rosé - Ask Decanter

Ideas for bottles of rosé that may be past their best drinking days...

What wines are drunk on private jets?

What do people drink on private jets, and how are the wines chosen...?

What is over-extraction? Ask Decanter

What does it mean when a wine is over-extracted?

Hermitage vintage guide

Wine Legend: Domaine Leroy, Richebourg 1999

How to cool wine in a hurry - ask Decanter

What's the quickest way to cool a bottle of wine?

Protos pioneers turn their attention to Rueda whites

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Decanted white wine serving temperature - Ask Decanter

How can I make sure it still eventually gets served at the right temperature?

What makes a 100-point Hermitage?

Matt Walls considers how a 100-point Hermitage achieves a 'perfect' score...

How long can you keep wine in the fridge? - Ask Decanter

How long your bottle of wine will last if it's in the kitchen fridge...

California and Prohibition: Collateral damage

Quiz: Best way to serve wine

Serving wine is a fine art: different glasses for different wines, to decant or not to decant. See this quiz on the best way to serve wine.

What’s the perfect serving temperature for red wine? Ask Decanter

Wine Legend: Torres, Gran Coronas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 1970

What makes it a wine legend...

Is pale rosé wine better quality? - ask Decanter

Always pick the lightest...?

Port 2017: Vintage guide and what to buy

Over 25 recommendations to buy from this top vintage...

Best summer red wines to drink chilled

It's perfectly acceptable, and even enjoyable...

Meet the ‘new’ Bordeaux wine grapes

Do you know your Marselan from your Petit Manseng?

Reasons to celebrate for Prosecco Superiore from Conegliano and Valdobbiadene

Promotional feature. The latest in a series of good news stories from the small corner of Italy...

Bolgheri 2016: One of the best vintages ever?

35 wines tasted and a full vintage report, plus value picks...

Insider tips for pairing Champagne with food

Bordeaux 2018 sales have been patchy, suggest new figures

Questions continue about Bordeaux en primeur’s future...

How do winemakers combat heatwaves? - ask Decanter

Here's how wineries cope with extreme heat...

Which wines go well with lobster? Ask Decanter

Don't overpower the flavour of the lobster...

Krug Grande Cuvée: New reviews on latest releases

Simon Field MW reports on the latest wines from Krug...

What makes a good Bordeaux vintage?