Opinion
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Katherine Cole: ‘The surest way to ensure wine’s demise is to politicise it’Mixing politics and wine? Katherine Cole comments...
By Katherine Cole Published
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Côtes du Rhône Villages Nyons: Where olives and vines are inextricably linkedGo here to satisfy both your wine and olive cravings...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Ontario’s boycott on US wine: A crisis paused but not avertedEconomist Jens-Peter Barynin takes a closer look...
By Jens Peter Barynin Last updated
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Walls: Exclusive first taste of M Chapoutier’s Sélections Parcellaires 2024A taste of what's to come...
By Matt Walls Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The progress Georgia has made in the last decade is astonishing’Jefford on how Georgian wine has been gaining ground...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Baudains: How Tuscany created Europe’s first DOCsA useless duke and the staggeringly successful wine regions he classified...
By Richard Baudains Last updated
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Pursehouse – ‘I tasted 250 wines in February, here are 10 I loved’Clive Pursehouse shares a selection of wines he tasted in February...
By Clive Pursehouse Last updated
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Victoria Moore: ‘We’re more sensitive to certain odours when hungry’Exploring your senses when wine tasting...
By Victoria Moore Published
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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine Mayard, Châteauneuf-du-PapeForging a distinct identity...
By Matt Walls Published
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Have we reached ‘Peak Can’? Eliza Dumais on the supposed joys of aluminiumI believe it was Plato who once said that while corks and screw-tops are both fine and good, you’re far more likely to get lucky if you opt for the former...
By Eliza Dumais Last updated
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Wine and the Oscars: Official pours and alternative suggestionsWith the 97th Academy Awards around the corner, we take a closer look at wine and the Oscars...
By Latoya Austin Published
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Walls: Domaine de la Mordorée’s La Plume du Peintre; then and nowThe evolution of a southern Rhône label...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Has Montefalco and its secret come striding past you yet?’Jefford on returning to Montefalco...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Baudains: What links the French president with a wine estate in Veneto?With a 16 vintage vertical...
By Richard Baudains Published
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The failure of the Surgeon General: Eliza Dumais on the irrelevance of warning labelsEliza Dumais is dubious about the impact of warning labels on alcohol...
By Eliza Dumais Published
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020: Best-value winesThirty great-value wines from the compelling 2020 vintage...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Revisiting 2020 in bottle'I’m now in no doubt that 2020 is an excellent year, in quite a distinct style,' says Matt Walls...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Dariusz Galasiński: ‘The amateur wine lover sees wine as a source of experience’How do you define your wine..?
By Dariusz Galasiński Published
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Katherine Cole: ‘I have had it with stemware – enough already’The trouble with too much stemware...
By Katherine Cole Last updated
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Along with firelight and song, wine is humanity’s oldest friend’Andrew Jefford on the wine statistics of 2024...
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Walls: Memento MoriMatt Walls on patience, hope and future happiness...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Baudains: Five up-and-coming Italian talents to look out for in 2025Five up-and-coming winery recommendations...
By Richard Baudains Published
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Chris Losh: Predictions for 2025A satirical look at the year to come...
By Chris Losh Last updated
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Is January still dry? Eliza Dumais on an alcohol-free monthNew Decanter columnist Eliza Dumais tackles Dry January...
By Eliza Dumais Published
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Chris Losh: ‘2023: It’s bound to happen (obviously)’Chris Losh muses on what's in store this year...
By Chris Losh Last updated
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Pascaline Lepeltier: ‘The nose can be deceived, but the mouth much less so’A different approach to wine tasting...
By Pascaline Lepeltier Last updated
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Baudains: Giovanni Allegrini’s revolutionary La Poja vineyardThis ‘super Venetian’ celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024...
By Richard Baudains Last updated
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Andrew Jefford: ‘A Christmas wine should be one to spend time over’Reflecting on the wine to linger over at Christmas...
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Readers respond to Andrew Jefford’s ‘The problem with Bordeaux…’A selection of replies to Andrew Jefford's October cover story...
By Decanter Staff Last updated
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Tom Hewson: ‘Dosage is like a sprinkle of salt’What's the dosage in your glass of fizz...?
By Tom Hewson Last updated
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Rhône 2023 en primeur: Full vintage report and top-scoring winesAn excess of both rain and sun in this tricky vintage...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Crozes-Hermitage 2023: Report and top-scoring winesCrozes-Hermitage gets back on track...
By Matt Walls Last updated