What's changing in Argentinian Malbec winemaking
It’s easy to forget that someone has to turn grapes into wine...
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How Malbec shows Argentina's diverse terroirs
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South African Chardonnay – panel tasting results
See what our judges thought about South African Chardonnay in this panel tasting from the April 2017 issue of Decanter magazine...
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Pinotage to change your mind
Not a fan of Pinotage? Time Atkin MW explains why you should give it another chance, and picks wines to change your mind...
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Top 10 South African Syrah
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d'Arenberg: Producer profile
After a century of winemaking in McLaren Vale, this family-owned producer offers some of the best value in Australia. And it’s all done with guts and gusto, backed by tenacity and talent. Tim Atkin MW meets the Osborns.
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Tim Atkin MW on New Zealand Syrah
Back in 2007, I was one of a number of journalists who attended New Zealand’s first-ever Syrah Symposium, in Hawke’s Bay. It was a bold – some might say vainglorious – undertaking in a country where the grape of the Rhône and Barossa Valleys was still, as the author and Syrah authority Remington Norman put it at the time, ‘at the research and development stage’. But what an impression the Kiwi wines made on us! After sampling wines from the likes of Bilancia, Trinity Hill, Vidal, Passage Rock, Te Mata and Craggy Range, we came away buzzing about Syrah’s potential.
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Angelo Gaja interview
Having revolutionised Italian wine, the ego is understandable. But what of Angelo Gaja’s claim that Italy’s future is white? By tim atkin MW
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Pedro Parra: breaking new ground
Winemaking consultants may be everywhere in Chile, but Pedro Parra is the only terroir consultant. That’s a lot of dirt to dig, says tim atkin MW
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Tim Atkin's top 25 South African wines
He’s been accused of having it in for South Africa, and being overly critical of its reds (especially those ‘rubbery’ ones). So we asked tim atkin mw to tell us what’s great about the Cape. He wasn’t short of options…
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Adolfo Hurtado: Wonder Boy
There’s a considered approach behind Adolfo Hurtado’s meteoric rise in Chilean winemaking. He and tim atkin MW talk Pinot and progress
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Interview with Eben Sadie
The Western Cape’s enfant terrible tells Tim Atkin MW of his frustration with protocol and why he’ll never follow the crowd
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50 Best Value Red Wines
Resolved to rein in your spend on 'everyday' bottles? Five of the UK's top critics each pick their top ten reds under £10 - all available from supermarkets or national chains. TIM ATKIN MW is your guide
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Peace, love and Pinot
The 14th International Pinot Noir Celebration took place in Oregon and TIM ATKIN went along to join the love-in
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Bordeaux: quality control
In response to increasing criticism – and falling sales – the Bordelais have taken a step towards improving standards especially at generic level. Tim Atkin reports The last few months have been disquieting for Bordeaux watchers. First there was that ad – you know, the snogging couple stripped to their underwear enjoying a mood-enhancing glass of claret – and then came the unprecedented appearance of a high-powered delegation from the Comité Interprofessionelle du Vin de Bordeaux at the Hotel Meridien in London. It's hard to decide which was the more remarkable.
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Burgundy quality: Bad To The Beaune
The climatic conditions were unkind to Burgundy in 1998 and producers had to run the gamut of vinous afflictions from rot to powdery mildew and even sunburn. In spite of it all, many growers managed to make the best of a bad year. TIM ATKIN, STEPHEN BROOK and STEVEN SPURRIER wade through the sea of new-releases to bring you the cream of the crop
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Beard and Bard from the Boys up North
Three decades on, Oregon wine growers may still have a reputation as leftover hippies, but it doesn't stop them from taking their wine very seriously, as TIM ATKIN discovers
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The Grapes of Galicia
Spain may not have a vast array of great white grapes to boast about, but it has every right to go into rapture about its finest, Albariño. TIM ATKIN does just that
