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Opinion
Château Beychevelle: New ratings and why it’s one to watch
In-depth report and a decade of vintages reviewed...
Cornas pioneer Pierre-Auguste Clape dies
One of the pioneers of the Cornas appellation...
Anson: Here are the latest Bordeaux vineyard prices
French vineyard buyouts reach 25-year high...
Jefford on Monday: The fullness of wine
Just don't mention 'natural wine'...
Tasting Léoville Poyferré wines from 1961 to 2016
In-depth report and fresh tasting notes, exclusively for Premium members...
Best wine waistcoats for the World Cup 2018
Inspired by England manager, Gareth Southgate...
Jefford on Monday: Redressing the balance
Our columnist reviews a new book on vineyard soils and geology...
Anson: Meeting a female pioneer of the Médoc
Jenny Dobson talks about her time as a cellar master in Bordeaux...
Jefford on Monday: The Chablis difference
Why Chablis is its own wine kingdom...
Anson: Bordeaux en primeur re-imagined
Time to hit the bottle?...
When is a Carruades not a Lafite? Ask Decanter
A riddle posed to diners during a Lafite Rothschild 150th anniversary dinner...
Think you know New Zealand wine? Think again, says Elin McCoy
The pace of change is breathtaking...
Anson: Wetherspoon vs Champagne
Ramping up the rhetoric...
Brexit and GIs: Erode protected names at your peril, says Andrew Jefford
Most mornings, before dawn or after, I tune into Farming Today on BBC Radio 4. A recent interview with Shawna…
The greatest Bordeaux vintages that never were
How the idea of vintage took hold...
Jefford on Monday: All change at Capion
Andrew Jefford salutes a Russian renaissance in the Gassac valley...
Anson: Top St-Estèphe 2014 wines
What's changed in St-Estèphe...
Jefford on Monday: “Fine, fresh wines”
Taking a close look at Châteauneuf’s other soil type: sand...
Anson: Tasting 150 years of Lafite Rothschild wines
Top wines going back to 1881, exclusively for Premium members...
Jefford on Monday: The scoring scene
A comment on the current state of wine scoring...
Smith Haut Lafitte: All the ‘7’s from 1947 to 2017
A rare tasting of vintage years ending in '7'...
Jefford on Monday: Delta wine
Exploring the wines of Costières de Nîmes...
Hugh Johnson: When bottles surprise you
Wine can be hard to predict...
Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it
En primeur is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling wine in which the consumer purchases…
Jefford on Monday: Weighing up Gimblett Gravels
Tasting the 2015 vintage...
Comment: ‘There are two worlds of wine: the fine-wine machine… and then the rest’
Should they be judged in the same way?
Anson: What drives people to make wine?
What drives people to make wine?
Jefford on Monday: Mindfulness and wine
Are the two compatible?...
Interview and tasting with L’Eglise Clinet owner
Interview and exclusive tasting with Denis Durantou...