Opinion

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

Twenty years is a long time to wait, so is it worth it?

Serving Thanksgiving wine: Expert tips

Make the most of any bottles you plan to open this Thanksgiving...

Hugh Johnson: ‘What can irritate me is change for change’s sake’

Hugh Johnson's latest column on the wine world...

Investing in California wine: slow but steady gains

The latest sales activity for top-end California wines...

Ten years on: Chinese wine's breakthrough moment at DWWA

Wine writer and judge CH'NG Poh Tiong looks at the decade since Jia Bei Lan's historic win...

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

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Walls' hidden gems: Clos de la Bonnette, Condrieu

Matt Walls questions whether we could be witnessing the birth of a great estate...

Climate change: rethinking your drinking

Peter Richards MW: ‘Now is a good time to be a wine drinker in the UK’

Walls: 10 exciting estates to know in Cornas

Matt Walls selects 10 estates to know in Cornas which showcase ageworthy, powerful Syrah.

Coming Soon: Decanter Wine Experiences

Exclusive wine travel trips with Decanter

Andrew Jefford: ‘Stories should cling to wine like mussels to rope’

Walls: top picks from Yapp’s Big Rhône Tasting

Rhône wines under £20, under £40 and over £40...

Jefford: Soil signatures may provide wine’s most haunting music

From root to glass, soil signatures' subtle music is worth listening to...

Walls: Brune and blonde soils in Côte-Rôtie - do they really make all the difference?

Looking at the two different soil types and how they influence wine style, longevity and quality...

Vinocalypse now: the quest for uniqueness in California

'Building greater complexity through extreme genetic diversity...'

DWWA 2021: Here’s to our biggest year yet

A record year for entries threw up some surprising results...

Rhône producer to know: Domaine Gramenon, Vinsobres

One of the greatest, most soulful estates of the Rhône Valley...

Appellations: Time for change?

Andrew Jefford makes a case for modifying appellation legislation...

Walls: exploring the three Vs of the Southern Rhône

Elegance with an easy-going drinkability...

En Primeur virtual wine tastings: How the US went digital

Elin McCoy - like many others - got to grips with virtual tastings during the pandemic...

Terre del Barolo: Don't underestimate cooperatives

Andrew Jefford shines a light on Terre del Barolo, an important cooperative with a new venture...

NFTs and wine: What could they mean for collectors?

What could the rise of NFTs mean for the wine world?...

Cornas 2018 in bottle: full overview plus top-scoring wines

The 2018s are succulent, juicy and fresh and are easy to enjoy...

Hugh Johnson: In praise of half bottles

why we should be drinking more half bottles...

Clos des Lambrays: tasting mature vintages

Tasting the 1990 and 2008 vintages of the grand cru Clos des Lambrays.

Walls' hidden gems: Moulin de la Gardette, Gigondas

Rhône producer to know: Domaine Chaume-Arnaud, Vinsobres

Drinkable and age-worthy wines worth seeking out...

Anson: New Catena Institute study shows the value of terroir

Jane Anson reflects on why our understanding of terroir is so important...

Southern Rhône white wines: how do they compare?

There is fascinating diversity among the Southern Rhône's white wines despite only making up 4% of production