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Average vine age – Ask Decanter
How can the average vine age remain the same across different vintages of the same wine?
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Condrieu ageing- Ask Decanter
When is best to drink your Condrieu wine?
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What is stuck fermentation? Ask Decanter
And why is it a problem?
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Burgundy premier cru vs grand cru vineyards – Ask Decanter
What are the official differences?
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What is Icewine? Ask Decanter
And how it is made...
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Can you taste amphora ageing? Ask Decanter
Can you taste that a wine has been aged in amphora when tasting blind...?
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What makes Los Carneros AVA suitable for sparkling wine? – ask Decanter
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What is green harvesting? Ask Decanter
And why is it important?...
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What does it mean when a wine ‘tastes green’? – ask Decanter
What does it mean?...
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The life cycle of a vine – ask Decanter
See this simple guide using WSET graphics...
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Birthday vintage challenge – ask Decanter
Can James Lawther MW help our reader out?
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Alsace wine route – ask Decanter
For a wine getaway...
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Double decanting: When should you do it? – ask Decanter
When to double decant wine, and why...
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Pinot Noir blends – Ask Decanter
Why don't we see more of them...?
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Does too much wine cause gout? Ask Decanter
We get expert advice based on a recent study...
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How to prepare your palate for wine tasting – ask Decanter
How to get the most from your tasting...
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Bordeaux drinking windows – Ask Decanter
Why do young Bordeaux wines appear to have a narrower drinking window...?
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Investment uncertainty – Ask Decanter
How can you tell whether or not to trust a wine investment company...?
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Bacchus: grape or god? – Ask Decanter
There are references to Bacchus before the grape was developed...
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Serving wine at Christmas – dilemmas solved
Get your wines right this Christmas...
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Toning down the tannins – Ask Decanter
For an early-drinking style...
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What happens to old wine barrels? – ask Decanter
Where do they go?...
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Decanting mature double magnums – Ask Decanter
How long should it breathe...?
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What is volatile acidity? Ask Decanter
Why is it in your wine, and is it a bad thing?
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What is a good ‘birth year wine’ from 2017? – ask Decanter
Tips on where to look...
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What is carbonic maceration? Ask Decanter
What kind of flavours does it produce in a wine?
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What does it mean when a wine tastes ‘soupy’ – ask Decanter
It's generally not a compliment...
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Could there be new fine wine grape varieties? Ask Decanter
Are there any future stars on the horizon?...
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Does TCA develop after bottling? Ask Decanter
When does it occur...?
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Wine tasting order: Is there a right way to do it? – Ask Decanter
Does the order matter?
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When is a Carruades not a Lafite? Ask Decanter
A riddle posed to diners during a Lafite Rothschild 150th anniversary dinner...
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Champagne bubbles mystery: Where’s the sparkle? – ask Decanter
Why might one glass have more sparkle than another?...
