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Event: John Stimpfig's tasting wish list for The Great Sparkling Exploration

Every two years Decanter hosts an evening of sparkling wine, live music and canapés.

Taming Château Trotanoy: Wines from 1998 to 2018 

The evolution of this Pomerol classic...

Auction Napa Valley: Why everyone should go at least once

The glitz, glamour and fine wine inside this annual Napa Valley showpiece...

Champagne 2008: A 'miracle year'?

'Champagne’s miracle year...’

Anson: Tasting Château La Gaffelière shows St-Emilion's reinvention

There is a fresh buzz building around this Premier Grand Cru Classé B estate...

Event: Decanter's Great Sparkling Exploration - How to make the most of your experience

Make the most of your time at our tasting...

Anson: All change at Burgundy's Clos de la Commaraine

Anson: Château Malartic-Lagravière - A 'powerhouse' of Pessac-Léognan

Brilliant whites, and unmissable reds...

Anson: Comparing St-Julien 1986 and 1988

Anson: Tasting every Château Rauzan-Ségla vintage from 1994 to 2018

Jane Anson tastes vintages back to 1994...

Top St-Estèphe 2018 wines: ‘A year for hedonists’

Anson: Should Bordeaux châteaux change their names?

Or is this simply carrying on centuries of Bordeaux tradition?

Anson: New Bordeaux wine bars and openings

New destinations for your Bordeaux wine trip...

Jefford: South Africa - Shocks, surprises and inspiration

Andrew Jefford reports on a season of drama....

Anson: Comparing St-Emilion 1989 and 1998

Comparing these two vintages...

Jefford - Grés de Montpellier: Stones by the Sea

Andrew Jefford explores his own backyard...

Anson: Pauillac vs Pomerol

Anson: How is the Bordeaux 2018 vintage shaping up?

What should we be looking out for?

Anson: How the Bordeaux 2018 vintage is shaping up - part two

Part two examining this vintage...

Jefford - Saperavi: Hoodlum or Hero?

Reporting back from Georgia’s first International Saperavi Competition...

Comment: Time to look beyond what you know

Anson: How Bordeaux 2009 wines taste now

Has Bordeaux 2009 lived up to its initial hype?...

Domaine de l’Hortus: Introducing the Naked Venus

Andrew Jefford tastes ‘the enduring classics of a recovered tradition’

Anson: Tasting Léoville Las Cases wines back to 1989

Getting into this Bordeaux estate's DNA...

Romantic restaurants for Valentine's Day dinner

Ten romantic restaurants that we love in the UK...

Anson: Margaux 2011 vs 2012 - How the wines taste now

It's time to think again about these vintages...

Jefford: Challenge Burgundy

Andrew Jefford is brought to book...

Comment: The evolution of the tasting room

How the tasting room experience has transformed....

Anson: Tasting Château Angélus wines back to 1996

How the wines have evolved...

Jefford: Waking up the new year

There are a mass of fascinating facts on wine and coffee, finds Andrew Jefford...