Wine and the Oscars: Official pours and alternative suggestions
With the 97th Academy Awards around the corner, we take a closer look at wine and the Oscars...
Opinion
Opinion – views and debate on the biggest wine news stories from the Decanter team.
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Walls: 19 vintages of Beaucastel's white Rhône masterpiece
Remarkable longevity from an estate that defies convention...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Has Montefalco and its secret come striding past you yet?’
Jefford on returning to Montefalco...
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Baudains: What links the French president with a wine estate in Veneto?
With a 16 vintage vertical...
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Walls: Domaine de la Mordorée's La Plume du Peintre; then and now
The evolution of a southern Rhône label...
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Ontario's boycott on US wine: A crisis paused but not averted
Economist Jens-Peter Barynin takes a closer look...
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The failure of the Surgeon General: Eliza Dumais on the irrelevance of warning labels
Eliza Dumais is dubious about the impact of warning labels on alcohol...
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Dariusz Galasiński: ‘The amateur wine lover sees wine as a source of experience’
How do you define your wine..?
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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...
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Katherine Cole: ‘I have had it with stemware – enough already’
The trouble with too much stemware...
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Baudains: Five up-and-coming Italian talents to look out for in 2025
Five up-and-coming winery recommendations...
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Walls: Memento Mori
Matt Walls on patience, hope and future happiness...
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Is January still dry? Eliza Dumais on an alcohol-free month
New Decanter columnist Eliza Dumais tackles Dry January...
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Chris Losh: Predictions for 2025
A satirical look at the year to come...
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Pascaline Lepeltier: ‘The nose can be deceived, but the mouth much less so’
A different approach to wine tasting...
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The ethical drinker – December 2024
A focus on B Corp wineries...
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2020: Best-value wines
Thirty great-value wines from the compelling 2020 vintage...
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Tom Hewson: ‘Dosage is like a sprinkle of salt’
What's the dosage in your glass of fizz...?
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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...
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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...
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Baudains: Giovanni Allegrini's revolutionary La Poja vineyard
This ‘super Venetian’ celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024...
