Rebecca Gibb MW
Decanter Magazine & DWWA Judge
Rebecca Gibb MW is a wine journalist and editor who has also founded Bamboozled games, ‘the world’s first wine and spirit puzzle makers’. Having spent six years living in New Zealand, she has recently returned to her native north-east England. While in New Zealand, she became a Master of Wine, graduating top of her class and winning the Madame Bollinger medal for excellence in tasting. A former winner of both the UK’s young wine writer of the year and the Louis Roederer Emerging Wine Writer, her first book The Wines of New Zealand was published in 2018. She also runs wine events and has her own consultancy business The Drinks Project. She was a judge at the 2019 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
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Penfolds outrages merchants with 'slap in the face' price hikes
Wine merchants are turning their backs on Penfolds' Bin wines - whose annual release is today - following price increases that have been labelled a 'slap in the face'.
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New Zealand heading for shortage in 2012
New Zealand expects a small 2012 vintage, which is likely to put the brakes on its decade-long growth spurt.
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Bordeaux approves official Chinese names
Bordeaux's classified growths have approved the first-ever standardised Chinese translation of their names, Decanter.com can exclusively reveal.
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Cava exports hit all-time high
Record Cava exports have brightened up the Spanish sparkling wine's bleak domestic market in 2011.
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Consumers pay more for tongue-twisting wines
Wine tastes better if a winery is difficult to pronounce, according to new research.
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Critics see red over early Brunello previews
Previews of the 2007 Brunello di Montalcino vintage for the 'privileged few' have sparked fury among wine critics and bloggers.
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Gaming billionaire ups stake in Treasury Wine Estates
Casino and gaming billionaire James Packer has increased his stake in the world's second largest wine producer, Treasury Wine Estates.
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Natural wine fair for UK
Natural wine remains 'marginal' in the UK, but organisers of the UK's first artisan wine fair still aim to attract 1500 people to the inaugural event.
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Australia grubbing up programme 'too slow' and too little
Wine bosses in Australia are frustrated by the slow progress of the country's vine removal programme, with around half the projected amount of vines being grubbed up since 2009.
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Hong Kong mid-market 'strong and solid'
Hong Kong is no longer a 'bipolar market', according to new research by Master of Wine Debra Meiburg.
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Burgundy 'sizzles' in Hong Kong as top Bordeaux falls below estimates
Top Bordeaux wines including Lafite-Rothschild failed to achieve their lowest estimates at a recent Hong Kong wine auction - while Burgundy hit new heights.
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Prosecco region 'to grow fivefold'
The Prosecco region estimates it will grow to almost five times its current size by 2035.
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Ferran Adria, Ducasse, Robuchon lend support to wine origin campaign
The world's leading chefs and sommeliers have given their support to a coalition calling for truth in wine labelling.
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Mining gas in Hunter Valley 'desecration'
An Australian energy company's plans to mine gas on two wine estates in the Hunter Valley would be a 'desecration', local activists say.
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New Zealand Stock Exchange chief buys in Otago
The recently-resigned head of the New Zealand stock exchange has just bought a winery in the country’s prime Pinot Noir region.
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New Zealand wine producers assess wine loss on stricken ship
The container ship that ran aground on a reef off New Zealand's North Island last week contained at least 4000 cases of wine.
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Abolish WET tax, major Australian producers urge government
In a bid to reduce Australia's wine glut two of the country's major players are calling for the abolition of the WET tax.
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Treasury cites 'deep discounting' break for sales drop
Treasury Wine Estates, the wine division of brewing giant Foster's, has reported a fall in sales volumes in its first year as a standalone operation.