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Andrew Jefford: ‘1975: the wine world was about to blossom like a cherry tree’
Andrew Jefford reflects on 50 years of wine...
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Italy’s mission to preserve its wine culture
Addressing the wine industry's most critical challenges...
By Isobel Salamon Published
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Laura Taylor: ‘We need to change the wine-collecting rhetoric’
Where are all the women wine collectors..?
By Laura Taylor Published
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Among wine lovers the goal should be simply appreciation’
Hugh Johnson looks back to the birth of Decanter...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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Katherine Cole: When wine met tariffs, history rarely went according to plan
Katherine Cole on wine tariffs...
By Katherine Cole Last updated
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Who even is ‘the sommelier’?
Has the term's meaning been muddied..?
By Eliza Dumais Last updated
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Joel Stein: ‘Show up to that dinner with a 3-litre of anything and you are Dionysus’
What size bottle should you take to a dinner party...
By Joel Stein Published
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Eliza Dumais: From rosé all day, to no way rosé. Has pink wine lost its lustre?
Rosé, just not all day...
By Eliza Dumais Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘We face three challenges: lack of rain, manpower and tourism’
Jefford talks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos about the struggles Santorini faces in winemaking...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Roger Jones: ‘Recent experiences have reignited my enthusiasm for NZ Sauvignon’
Roger Jones with a guest column on this iconic category...
By Roger Jones Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Fine wines, like humans, seem to be moving into the semaglutide era, too’
Andrew Jefford on what we are looking for in a fine wine...
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Labels, of course, play the key role’
Hugh Jonhson on wine's 'real worth'...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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The ethical drinker: Let’s talk about bees
Natalie Earl on the importance of bees...
By Natalie Earl Last updated
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The ethical drinker – What is B Corp?
A focus on B Corp wineries...
By Natalie Earl Last updated
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The ethical drinker – Wine and fair labour
Are all workers in the wine industry treated fairly..?
By Natalie Earl Last updated
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The ethical drinker – Collective action and knowledge sharing
Sustainability in the world of wine...
By Natalie Earl Last updated
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Blind faith: Eliza Dumais on our obsession with tasting blind
Why are we so fixated on tasting without seeing the label?
By Eliza Dumais Published
