Anson on Thursday: Predators on patrol in Napa Valley vineyards
Napa winemakers are fighting to control vineyard pests
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.
Napa winemakers are fighting to control vineyard pests
The new Maury Sec appellation is destined for greatness...
How would you describe the Burgundy climats?
Andrew Jefford makes a case for reassessing this ‘maligned’ year
Lawyers, rockstar winemakers and seminal papers are all here...
The last three decades have been traumatic for Jerez...
Look out for these seven key aromas when tasting Bordeaux...
Andrew Jefford takes a look at the work of one of the Languedoc’s most influential wine consultants and tastes some of the wines he has helped create.
Andrew Jefford finds an up-and-coming group of German winemakers, dubbed Generation Riesling, emerging from a country with a strong vineyard tradition...
When was the last time you picked up a St-Julien wine for 14 euros at the cellar door? Jane Anson visits to Château Finegrave...
Andrew Jefford examines the proposed UK drinking limits and comments made by Britain’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies...
Jane Anson attends a tasting in Paris that pits British cheese against French cheese with wine, and explores the art of eating mindfully...
Andrew Jefford provides an organic wine health check ahead of France's biggest organic wine show, in Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon...
In our sensory perception of wine, colour tends to come in a distant third after aroma and taste. But is that justified? Richard Hemming reports...
Like Marmite, we might have to agree to disagree when it comes to our own tolerance for faults in wine. Either way, love them or hate them, it’s useful to know more about the ‘flaws’ you may encounter, says Natasha Hughes MW