Editors’ Column

Long lost Chilean País wine heads to UK shores

A history of Decanter - Part one

Europe's 2015 wine harvest: On the verge of greatness?

Stellenbosch Cabernet tasting lays down a marker

12 top value fortified wines

Great Cabernets of the World: Decanter tasting

Valpolicella needs an image change

Kumeu River versus Burgundy Chardonnay

There are not too many New World Chardonnay producers confident enough to submit their wines for a blind tasting against top white Burgundy. But Kumeu River, from Auckland in New Zealand, is one of them, discovers Tina Gellie.

English wine in numbers

For English Wine Week, we’ve got all the need to know facts and numbers on the English wine industry in our infographic below…

Natural wine movement has legs, shows RAW fair in UK

Many have dismissed natural wine as a fad; a movement followed only by bearded kale-eating hipsters, and one which will peter out as soon as the next cool thing comes along.

Ten New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 2014 wines to try

Despite talk about Riesling coming back and ‘trendy’ varieties like Picpoul de Pinet and Fiano taking over from Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay in high street wine bars, Sauvignon Blanc is still a big hitter - and the most popular white wine variety in the UK. Here's 10 wines from New Zealand's 2014 vintage to try.

'Anything but Chardonnay' mantra is nonsense, says Bruce Cakebread

There’s no such thing as 'anything but Chardonnay', Bruce Cakebread tells Decanter's associate editor, Tina Gellie. And even if there were such a phenomenon, the president of Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars says he wouldn’t worry too much.

DWWA 2015: Judging week in numbers

Ever wondered what goes into running the world's largest wine competiton? With a record-breaking 16,000 wines entered for the Decanter World Wine Awards 2015, see our infographic and read about what is happening at judging week.

Obama 'samples' Super Tuscan wine with Italian PM

President Barack Obama joked that it would be ‘insulting’ not to try the Tuscan wines brought to the White House by Italy’s prime minister as part of a state visit.

Rioja: Blend it like Ramon Bilbao

As you sip away at your glass of Rioja, do you ever consider the steps that led to your enjoyment of it? Decanter's associate editor, Tina Gellie, recently turned winemaker for the day to put her blending skills to the test.

Douro winemaker Luis Sottomayor excited by Casa Ferreirinha Reserva Especial release

At the London launch of Casa Ferreirinha’s Reserva Especial 2007, we caught up with Luis Sottomayor, the winemaker of both this renowned Douro wine and arguably Portugal’s most famous table wine, Barca Velha.

Bordeaux 2014: Where is it in the vintage ratings?

Much to the delight (and surprise) of many tasters, Bordeaux has produced very good wine in 2014. It is certainly the best since 2010 and much of the talk at the en primeurs has been about where it ranks and which vintages it most resembles.

Cockburn’s 200th anniversary tasting

Decanter 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.

First taste: Six wines to try from Rhone, Languedoc and Loire

This week, I popped in on a 'new to market' tasting of regional French wines in London. I love these tastings because you get a sense of how exciting regional French winemaking is at the moment from the Loire and Alsace down to the Languedoc. So, here are six of the most interesting and impressive wines I came across.

Bordeaux 2014: The growing season

Re-live the Bordeaux 2014 vintage growing season ahead of en primeur tasting week with this Decanter.com weather infographic, which draws on reports by Christie's consultant and Sauternes expert Bill Blatch and the union for classified chateaux, the UGC.

First taste: Six top Spanish wines to try

If you're in the mood to treat yourself and want to see some of the best that Spain has to offer, then see scores, tasting notes and prices on six interesting new releases from the recent Wines of Spain tasting in London.