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A history of Decanter – Part one -
Krug launches ‘most challenging’ 2003 vintage -
Can a new Cava classification win over consumers? -
UGC Tasting: Bordeaux 2011s prove a mixed bunchBordeaux 2011 wines on show at last week's Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux tasting in London received a mixed reception from the assembled audience of top critics and merchants.
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Bordeaux 2012: Good wines say critics, but questions remain over priceMany Bordeaux 2012 wines were showing well in the bottle at the recent Unions des Grands Crus tasting in London critics reported, but prices continued to concern merchants.
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Cockburn’s 200th anniversary tastingDecanter recently attended an event to mark the 200th anniversary of Cockburn's port, tasting not only the cask sample of the 2014, but also past vintages going back as far as 1863.
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First taste: Six top Spanish wines to try -
Ten New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 2014 wines to try -
Spanish Chardonnay rivals finest Burgundy, says consultant Denis DubourdieuHow refreshing to sit next to someone who enjoys such stratospheric success in their world that they attach no concern to staying on message.
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‘Anything but Chardonnay’ mantra is nonsense, says Bruce Cakebread -
Kumeu River versus Burgundy Chardonnay -
Perrin of Chateau de Beaucastel: the two Rhone valleysThe Northern and Southern Rhone could be separate planets. As Marc Perrin explains, everything, from your football team to how you fry your onions, is different in the south.
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Variety or terroir – whose side are you on? -
Washington State makes mark with top DWWA trophyWashington State's rising reputation for Cabernet Sauvignon has been enhanced by a local winery winning one of the most prestigious prizes at the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards.
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Valpolicella needs an image change -
Blog: Would you pay to harvest wine grapes? -
English wine in numbersFor English Wine Week, we’ve got all the need to know facts and numbers on the English wine industry in our infographic below…
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12 top value fortified wines -
Chart: Chinese-owned chateaux in BordeauxSee the charts below to view the number of Bordeaux chateaux bought by Chinese investors to date, as well as where and when the deals were done.
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Comment: Cautious Chinese chateau buyers avoid top Bordeaux appellations -
Bordeaux winemakers give their take on Derenoncourt’s ‘special’ en primeur samples -
Bordeaux 2013: En primeur week previewBordeaux chateaux are preparing to display their 2013 vintage for critics knowing that consumers are wary and some of their own recent back-vintages are as cheap as they have ever been.
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Graphic: California leads global vineyard price risesData from estate agency Knight Frank shows that Sonoma in California has seen some of the steepest rises in vineyard prices. See the charts below for more details.
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Bordeaux 2010 harvest: another 2002?And so it begins. Barely two months after the much-anticipated release prices from the 2009 vintage, Bordeaux 2010 is almost upon us.
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Muted excitement about Bordeaux 2010 at Chaine de l’Espoir dinner -
Champagne Thienot hatches wine tourism planStanislas Thienot believes he has devised a way of raising the public profile of his family's namesake Champagne house without having to flog its wares in big supermarkets.
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Infographic: The DWWA 2015 timelineAs the Decanter World Wine Awards opens for 2015, check our guide to the entry process and the key dates for this year's competition.
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Decanter.com’s new lookHopefully you'll have noticed we've had a bit of a redesign.
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Cork industry unveils new campaignThe cork industry has just mounted a new campaign: I Love Natural Cork. This invites us to pledge to buy more wine sealed with natural cork stoppers.
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Suckling: the billionaire, the Pope and the Hollywood producerSo now we know what James Suckling's been up to since his bizarrre departure from Wine Spectator at the beginning of the summer.
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‘If a buyer told us he didn’t like our wine, we’d tell him where to go’A busy week - lots of tastings, and lots of producers in town, particularly from the Southern Hemisphere.
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Sir Alex Ferguson and Concha y Toro tie the knotIt was a professional, polished affair, but then could one ever imagine a Manchester United-controlled press conference being anything but?
