Wine News

Popping a Champagne cork is rocket science, says study

Sonoma wineries fight perceptions as well as wildfires

Thieves steal £65k of wine from billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s luxury hotel

Anson: A masterclass in Napa Valley Cabernets

Roman Abramovich linked to new Russian wine investments

Interview: A new era at Champagne Taittinger

What's emerging from a generational shift at the house...

Gian Annibale Rossi di Medelana dies

The owner of Castello del Terriccio in Tuscany, died aged 78 last Thursday night in Rome.

Average British drinker consumes 108 bottles of wine a year

New study finds that Brits are among heaviest drinkers in the world...

How to serve wine to a president

What it's like hosting a wine tasting for two presidents...

Photo highlights: Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2019

Photo highlights from the day...

Macron offers Xi Jinping rare Romanée-Conti wine over dinner

Macron reportedly brought a bottle of Romanée-Conti 1978...

Anson: Why Château Lafleur 'doesn't play by the usual rules of Bordeaux'

A vertical tasting of this famed Pomerol estate...

'My most memorable wines': Jancis Robinson MW and Hugh Johnson

The most memorable wines tasted across their careers...

‘Final’ Game of Thrones Scotch whisky launched

Eight single malts launched ahead of show's final episodes...

Bordeaux wine fired into space to test ageing

So that researchers can see how the extreme conditions affect ageing.

Sociando-Mallet founder Jean Gautreau dies aged 92

A much loved and respected Bordeaux winemaker...

Expert’s choice: Moulis & Listrac 2016

There's value to be found in the 2016 vintage

Cult wine-themed manga comic Drops of God gets English translation release

There's a US-based wine club too...

Global wine production falls by 10% in 2019

Bad weather blamed...

New York City to ban foie gras sales

Emotions have been running high on New York’s fine dining scene...

Updated: Sonoma County wildfires latest

Several wineries and vineyards have been evacuated...

American whiskey leaves behind a web-like 'fingerprint', finds study

Event: Decanter Fine Wine Encounter 2019 – Decanter Highlights

Anson: Top five Bordeaux vintages ready to drink now

The best wines from five Bordeaux vintages worth opening and drinking at the moment...

1926 Macallan whisky sells for record-breaking £1.5 million

Breaking the world record for a bottle of wine or spirits sold at auction...

Iron Age Celts bonded over love of wine, suggests study

Celts in southern Germany were sipping Mediterranean wine by the Danube river up to 2,700 years ago...

Anson: Bordeaux 2000 comes around

How this once closed-up vintage is now starting to spring to life...

Our tips for the 2019 Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

How to make the most of your wine tasting experience…

Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Michael Clarke to step down

The CEO was credited with transforming its fortunes over the past five-and-a-half years.

Over £60,000 raised for charity at annual Christie’s DWWA auction

Christie's sale of DWWA wines raises more than £60,000 for charity...