Anson: Why a decline in soil health should worry all wine lovers
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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
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Jane Anson
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Montrachet vineyards in Burgundy. The Bourguignons have been at the forefront of helping Burgundy winemakers, and others around the world, to understand the soil. Credit: Flickr / Jon Cave / Wikipedia -
Vats forming part of the new winemaking facilities and cellar at Pichon Comtesse de Lalande, installed for the 2013 vintage. Credit: Decanter Bordeaux 2017: How the new vintage is shaping up
Jane Anson investigates the new vintage...
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Grenache vines of Château Faîteau. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: La Livinière and the lion race
One to watch, says Andrew Jefford...
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Merlot vines in St-Emilion. Credit: Ian Shaw / Alamy Stock Photo Anson: Fifty shades of green – Wine’s big new debate?
Jane Anson looks at the fault lines...
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High altitude, Mas Alta vineyards. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The white question
Is Priorat on the verge of change?...
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Old vintages of Château Lynch-Bages lined up for tasting attended by Jane Anson at Cafe Lavinal in Pauillac in 2017. Credit: Marina Cazes Anson: Tasting historic Lynch-Bages wines
Jane Anson tastes vintages from 1924 to 1961...
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Wines ready and waiting for guests at the Isole e Olena masterclass at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2017, held on 11 and 12 November - one of several classes held, from one on Chinese wine to others on top Bordeaux. Credit: Decanter / Chris Mercer Jefford on Monday: The good and the right
Andrew Jefford explores personal taste...
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Liber Pater wine Credit: Liber-Pater Wine Anson: Reprieve for creator of long-lost Bordeaux wine
The man at the centre of a controversial story...
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Autumnal vines under brooding skies in Brouilly. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Talent under the cosh
Career-threatening hailstorms and identity in Beaujolais...
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Le Puy follows many of the principles lauded by 'natural' wine producers. Credit: Per Karlsson, BKWine 2 / Alamy Anson: Tasting 100 years of wine at Bordeaux’s Château Le Puy
A century of vintages from Château le Puy...
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Bordeaux's Cité du Vin: A cathedral for wine drinkers. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The Georgia Connection
Andrew Jefford interviews a professor of ancient wine...
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Arôme, a biodynamically farmed Ningxia wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Credit: Jane Anson Anson: Going biodynamic in Ningxia
Jane Anson reports from a recent trip...
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Rabajà vineyard looking towards Martinenga, Asili and the river. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Barbaresco – myth and reality
Andrew Jefford on the Barolo Barbaresco divide...
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The Quai des Chartrons has sent Bordeaux wine overseas for centuries. Here it is in 1806. Credit: Pierre Lacour / Wiki Commons Media. Anson: A shifting role for Bordeaux négociants? – Interview
Jane Anson interviews Ariane Khaida...
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Pressing grapes for Vin Santo at La Vialla. Credit: La Vialla / Franco Firera Jefford on Monday: The Tuscan Original
Wine is full of colossal pretensions, but not here...
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Vinification at Dominique Léandre Chevalier Credit: www.lhommecheval.com/ Anson: Bordeaux’s ‘Enfant Terrible’
Jane Anson meets the 'rebel winemaker' of Bordeaux...
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Bergerie du Capucin-vineyards in Pic St Loup. The Pic St Loup itself is in the distance on left and the cliff of Hortus on the right. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Languedoc’s cool kid
Andrew Jefford explores Pic St Loup...
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Unused grenades from World War Two, discovered near to St-Emilion vineyards. Credit: Julian Garofano Anson: WW2 grenades found near St-Emilion vineyards
Jane Anson explores German occupation on the Right Bank...
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Rebula grapes waiting to be harvested. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Slovenia’s dream white
Andrew Jefford tastes Rebula...
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A new dawn for DBR Lafite in China? A seascape from Penglai in Shandong province. Credit: Xinhua / Alamy Stock Photo Anson: Inside Lafite’s Chinese wine project – Exclusive
DBR Lafite to release Chinese wine in 2018...
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Brigitte Jeanjean, one of the most powerful people in French wine. Credit: AdVini Jefford on Monday: The advent of AdVini
The rise of France's fourth largest wine company...
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Will we see more 'Super Tuscan' wines emerging using indigenous varieties? Credit: Castellare di Castellina Anson: A new Super Tuscan counter culture
Jane Anson sees a new rebel group emerging...
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Gaia Gaja in the vineyards. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: Forward in doubt
Andrew Jefford interviews Gaia Gaja...
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Merlot vines in St-Emilion. Credit: Ian Shaw / Alamy Stock Photo Alcohol in Bordeaux wine: Global warming is no excuse
John Salvi MW on alcohol in Bordeaux...
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English Pinot Noir is starting to make a name for itself, says Jane Anson. Credit: Gusbourne and Bolney Estate Anson: Is English Pinot Noir really getting better?
Jane Anson investigates what's been happening...
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Montpeyroux in Languedoc. Credit: Andrew Jefford Jefford on Monday: The ethnologist in the cellar
Making wine for the common good: a Languedoc co-operative...
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Bordeaux's Place de la Bourse. Credit: www.eurostar.com Anson: Growing pains for Bordeaux’s Chinese investors?
Jane Anson investigates recent speculation...
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A Remain campaigner stops outside Berry Bros & Rudd's flagship shop on the way to a march in London. He has no known affiliation to the merchant. Most of the wine trade was in favour of staying inside the EU, when surveyed by the Wine & Spirit Trade Association. Credit: Scott Hortop / Alamy Stock Photo Jefford on Monday: Britain’s Brexit hangover
Andrew Jefford on the Brexit squeeze facing wine...
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Hidden Provence: The white wines of Cassis. Credit: José Nicolas Anson: Hidden Provence – The white wines of Cassis
Rosé comes second in this part of Provence...
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Corkbuzz bar in New York - A Decanter favourite. Credit: www.chelseamarket.com Jefford: Guerrilla guide to drinking wine – Part four
Don't believe everything you've heard...
