Long Read Wine Articles
Welcome to Decanter.com‘s long read section, which is here to help you make the most of your down-time.
Sit back in your favourite chair with a glass of wine and read commentary, advice and wine discoveries by Jane Anson and Andrew Jefford.
Popular long read wine articles:
Andrew Jefford
- UK drinking limits – toxic advice?
- Beginner’s guide to tasting wine
- How Châteauneuf du Pape ages in the cellar
Jane Anson
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Sonoma AVAs - the most exciting
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Credit: GEORGES GOBET / Contributor / Getty Sauternes: A fresh debate
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The dramatic landscape of Prosecco’s Conegliano Valdobbiadene territory Prosecco: Aiming high
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Château La Serre St-Emilion: 10 grands crus classés to watch
Jane Anson picks ten estates to watch...
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Kaysersberg Castle and Schlossberg Grand Cru vineyards Alsace France Credit: Ian Shaw / Alamy Stock Photo Alsace: Top Riesling terroirs
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Credit: Tamara Budai / Unsplash Santorini snapshot and wines to try
Time to try these distinctive wines from its resilient grapes...
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Producer profile: Château Montrose
Elin McCoy finds out more about this St-Estèphe property...
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Malvasía vines in the volcanic soil at La Geria in Lanzarote on the Canary Islands Explore Spain’s undiscovered whites
There is great quality to be found among Spain's modern white wine styles...
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Malbec across the Andes
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Credit: www.serve.ro/en/ Romanian wines worth seeking out
Exploring the variety Romania has to offer...
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Brunello: Tuscany's treasure plus top wines worth seeking out
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South America’s top 10 winemakers
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Vines in Yarra Valley, Victoria Credit: Chris Putnam / Alamy Stock Photo Decanter buyer’s guide: Australian Chardonnay
How the country’s headline white grape has developed over the decades..
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Credit: JAUBERT French Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Burgundy: Premier cru status, grand cru quality
Stephen Brook assesses the promotion prospects of the seven most likely premier cru candidates...
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Vineyards in the DO Terra ALta. Credit: robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo Regional profile: Terra Alta
The top producers and wines to look out for…
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Castello di Perno at Monforte d'Alba, province of Cuneo Barolo: Entering a new era, plus 12 of the best worth seeking out
Barolo’s new faces have established peace between modernism and tradition...
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The Pinot Bianco vineyard adjacent to Moos-Schulthaus castle at Eppan. Credit: Mattio Carpi Pinot Bianco: Italy's northern star plus 12 top wines to try
Pinot Bianco has superstar status in northeastern Italy...
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Autumnal vineyards in the hills above Fumane. The changing styles of Valpolicella: Fresh vs dried grapes
Expressing Valpolicella’s true spirit is a matter of taste...
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Vineyards in the Douro valley on schist soils. Credit: David Silverman / Getty On rocky ground: The science of soil and wine taste
Professor Alex Maltman questions the new orthodoxy...
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Overflowing river in Lagrasse, in the Aude area of Languedoc-Roussillon in October 2018. Credit: Idriss Bigou-Gilles / Xinhua / Alamy Jefford on Monday: Languedoc-Roussillon’s eventful year
It's been a challenging 2018 but there is still untapped potential here...
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Full bodied wines that everyone should try at least once... Credit: Decanter magazine Ten full bodied wines that are big, balanced and delicious
Sticking up for naturally bold styles...
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A view of Keuka Lake and vineyards from Dr Konstantin Frank. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Exploring the Finger Lakes
And wines to look out for...
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The Château Pavie barrel room. Credit: Decanter Jefford on Monday: Blue moon on the Right Bank
From Petrus to Pavie: re-tasting Right Bank wines from 1998...
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Julien (left) and Jacques Montagné with Justin Howard-Sneyd (centre). Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Roussillon’s Three Js
And 'the greatest Carignan wine I have ever tasted'...
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How far will UK go on trade barriers after Brexit? Credit: incamerastock / Alamy Jefford on Monday: PDOs and the Brexit crisis
Analysing the UK stance on protected wine names...
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A screenshot of Pierre Le Hong's map of Château Lagrange in St-Julien. Credit: Pierre Le Hong Jane Anson: The wine maps making waves in Bordeaux
An interview with Pierre Le Hong in Bordeaux...
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Hand-picking grapes from old País vines that grow wild among trees at Bouchon's vineyards at Mingre in Chile's Maule Valley. Credit: Bouchon Family Wines Tasting South American wine history: The 'Criolla' revival
Bringing the past to life with long-lost varieties...
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No easy task: Barrel making at the Cadus cooperage in Ladoix-Serrigny. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The cooper’s tale
Not a job for the faint-hearted...
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Credit: Wines of Argentina Treating Malbec ‘like Pinot Noir’: The new terroir approach
How good can Malbec be?...
