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Decanter World Wine Awards 2026 results are out now! Your essential guide to exceptional wines worldwide, discover who's made the list... www.decanter.com/decanter-awa...

Napa Valley has 17 sub-appellations and more than 34 grape varieties planted. How much do you really know? Take our 12-question quiz at the link.🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/napa-va...

The Luberon is “a little-known gem hiding in plain sight.” Six ways to spend your time there, from Ridley Scott’s winery to the world’s largest ochre deposit. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/wine-tr...

Norway’s Nikolai Haram Svorte, 29, is the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2026, winning on his debut. France’s Pascaline Lepeltier took second and Japan’s Wataru Iwata third. 🏆 www.decanter.com/wine/norways...

30 standouts from Tesco’s autumn range, tasted by Natalie Earl. Our save or splurge picks run from a £10 Kleine Zalze Chenin Blanc to a £42 Champagne. 🍷 Explore more at the link. www.decanter.com/wine-reviews...

Germany and Austria are quietly challenging Champagne. Caro Maurer MW picks 18 top-tier Sekt wines that are “now on par with their international peers”. 🥂 www.decanter.com/wine/sparkli...

After nine trial blends at 35,000 feet, Jesse Katz found the one. United Airlines’ new Polaris wine, Air and Vine, was blended in the air, because dry cabin air mutes aromatics and fruit while making acidity and tannin more apparent. ✈️ decanter.visitlink.me/PP4-Mn

105 southern Rhône cru whites tasted blind, 14 rated Outstanding. Production has never been higher and quality is rising: “a clear increase of precision and consistency from all the appellations.” 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/panel-t...

Delaney, 26, on her first sip of a Nahe white blend: “as refreshing as drinking an ice-cold glass of water on a hot day.” The bottle? A sub-$30 Glow Glow Weiss with a great backstory. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/under-3...

Does a wine bottle punt mean better quality? Not really. “A wine’s quality cannot be judged by the size of the punt,” and the traditional German Hock Riesling bottle doesn’t have one at all. 🍷 www.decanter.com/learn/advice...

Terroir or varietal? For mezcal, the answer is less clear than the spirit. Chris Madigan hears from Zacal, Derrumbes and Mezcal Júrame on what shapes agave spirits, with over 200 species of agave to explore. 🌵🥃 www.decanter.com/spirits/mezc...

Shaped by the world’s most dramatic tidal swings, Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley is making bracing, high-acid whites and world-class traditional method sparkling. Chris Allsop shares six wineries to visit and his perfect day. 🇨🇦🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/discove...

“Go for the hiking, stay for the wine.” Katherine Cole lifts the lid on Boulder, Colorado, the “best little wine town in the US,” before the Sundance Film Festival arrives and spills the secret. 🏔️🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/usa/kat...

Not all Prosecco is created equal. From DOC to DOCG, Rive to Cartizze, Abbie Bennington’s ultimate buyer’s guide decodes the label so you can choose your next bottle with confidence. 🥂 www.decanter.com/wine/prosecc...

From £4.69 to under £20: Tina Gellie rates the 30 best Aldi wines for autumn and winter. A £13.99 Champagne, a Bordeaux that drops to £4.99 in its promo week, and a Châteauneuf for under £10. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine-reviews...

From a Rhône treasure trove to a legendary Chinese restaurant cellar, Gareth Birchley picks eight London restaurant wine lists worth booking for. Value, great food and a very personal touch. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/best-lo...

Most of Willamette Valley’s wineries sit in the north, but the south is just as compelling. Pete Holland explores Oregon’s “headwaters,” from a new Lower Long Tom AVA to a pig-and-sheep-fertilised vineyard. 🌲🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/gHhfB_

Love sake’s fruity side but not the rich umami? Sylvia Wu’s wine lover’s guide shows how to spot it, from rice polishing ratios to aromatic yeasts, plus eight fruity sakes to try. 🍶 www.decanter.com/spirits/sake...

Andrew Jefford visits Germany’s Generation Riesling and finds “Generation Try Anything”: 86 wines at one Rheinhessen domain, kombucha made from grapes, and a message for the wine world. “Imagination tastes good, too.” 🇩🇪🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/PlzSkg

Ageworthy Sauvignon Blanc, Napa mountain Cabernet, Sonoma Bordeaux blends and a decade-old Oregon Pinot Noir. Dana Nigro picks 11 top US releases to seek out this fall. 🍂🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/usa/11-...

Calon Ségur’s heart may be its symbol, but its future lies in the clay beneath the gravel. After 20 years at the St-Estèphe Third Growth, Vincent Millet explains how the estate is adapting to a warmer, drier Bordeaux. 🤍🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/TXOGtf

Majestic’s Autumn 2026 tasting is in, and Amy Wislocki has picked 25 buys to seek out. A Burgundy-style Portuguese white at £12, a Lambrusco that “stops you in your tracks,” and Christmas Port, all at mix-six prices. 🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/LT2HJz

Left Bank or Right Bank? Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot? Gravel or limestone and clay? Our guide breaks down the key differences between Bordeaux's two famous banks, from grapes to classifications. 🍷 www.decanter.com/learn/left-r...

Orange wine isn't new. It's one of the world's oldest winemaking traditions, born in Georgia thousands of years ago. How skin-contact savvy are you? Take our 12-question quiz. 🍊🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/orange-...

Paid in wine. Pro golfer Matt Wallace was hooked after a pro-am at Château Montrose in 2018. In On the Rack, he reveals his dream trio of bottles, his go-to steak pairing and the wine he's still hoping to try. ⛳🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/I3GmHg

"I make wine at Lafite and Latour, but my heart is at Calon." Twenty years on, Château Calon Ségur's Vincent Millet is looking beneath the gravel to the clay that could protect it in a warmer, drier Bordeaux. 🤍🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/TWZb69

Negroni. Paper Plane. Last Word. Equal-parts cocktails are few and far between, but when they work, they really work. Top bartenders explain the magic, plus four recipes to try at home. 🍸 www.decanter.com/spirits/the-...

A windswept limestone plateau above the Bay of Trieste, just 57 hectares of registered vines, and wines shaped by rock. Richard Baudains explores Carso-Kras, home to Malvasia, Vitovska and Terrano. 🇮🇹🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/OTvnOn

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2016 will "go down in the history books along with 1978, 1990, 1998, 2007 and 2010." Matt Walls on why this vintage's extraordinary power is worth experiencing, high alcohol and all. 🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/OBhg8j

Barossa Shiraz 2024: fewer superstars, but wines of "distinctive elegance and poise." Low yields, frost and a dry winter cut crops by 50% to 90%. David Sly tastes the best of a 4/5 vintage. 🇦🇺🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/NBoCIa

What does terroir mean? For California's indigenous-owned wineries, it's more than soil and climate. It's also "the history, people, language and relationships that connect a vineyard to the place where it grows." 🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/6xbrDK

Do wine legs mean a better wine? "The only information that legs offer to the wine lover is that your wine contains alcohol." Our experts bust one of wine's most mythologised habits. 🍷 www.decanter.com/learn/advice...

Australia's fine wine scene has never been more dynamic. Our Collector's Guide covers the producers to know, five-star vintages, Grange and Hill of Grace, and where collectors are finding value. 🇦🇺🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/austral...

Chicken nuggets with Slovenian orange wine. Wine raves with 1,000+ guests. Ice cream and wine bars with queues of TikTokers. Gen Z isn't leaving wine, it's reimagining it. 🍷🎶 www.decanter.com/wine/fried-c...

Does letting wine "breathe" actually work? Yes, but not for every bottle. Young, robust reds benefit most, while delicate or older wines need a lighter touch. Our guide explains what to do, and when. 🍷 www.decanter.com/learn/advice...

A Jeroboam of Haut-Brion 1989 sold for €62,500, a new auction record for the wine in that format. Château Haut-Brion's Sotheby's sale spanning 90 years, back to 1935, totalled €3.4m. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/bordeau...

Tucked into the Pyrenees on the Spanish border, tiny Irouléguy is one of France's most forgotten appellations. Its electric whites taste like "a perfect synthesis between the Atlantic out front and the Pyrenees behind." 🌊⛰️🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/RVWbf-

Cebiche with Semillon. Lomo saltado with Cabernet Franc. Rocoto relleno with aged Pinot Noir. Lima's sommeliers share what to drink with Peruvian food, from pisco cocktails to St-Emilion with duck. 🇵🇪🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/Z8EkOo

Malbec is a variety, not a style. Ines Salpico's smart buyer's guide shows how to find the depth beyond oak and steak, from concrete-aged bottles to old massal selections. Serve it at 14-16°C. 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/south-a...

M&S Autumn Tasting is here, and Julie Sheppard has picked 20 bottles worth buying. From a £10 Palomino from South Africa to a new Christmas fine wine capsule collection, here's what to put in your basket 🍷 www.decanter.com/wine-reviews...

"South Africa's best Pinots are now world-class." Victoria Mason MW reflects on a decade buying Cape wine, from the New Wave revolution to a new generation of grower-winemakers stepping into the spotlight. 🍷🇿🇦 decanter.visitlink.me/iqBgYO

Thomas Jefferson spent 30 years failing to make wine at Monticello, never knowing phylloxera was to blame. 250 years later, American wine beat Bordeaux and Burgundy blind in Paris. Jacopo Mazzeo charts the full story. 🍷🇺🇸 decanter.visitlink.me/2VyEqe

Petrus and Lafleur brought in just 20hl/ha in 2025, Bordeaux's driest growing season in years. Yet Pomerol's clay soils turned it into one of the vintage's quiet successes. "The wines don't carry the wounds of the vintage." 🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/v1lBEb

Small serves, big impact. Nude's new 70ml "Welcome Drink" glasses tap the mini aperitivo trend, plus a brown butter rye cocktail from Edinburgh's Vivien. 🥃 www.decanter.com/spirits/spir...

Two vintages, ten years apart. 2006 was a pivotal year. 2016 was the pinnacle of its decade. Raffaele Mosca tastes both to show how Italian winemaking has evolved, from Sassicaia to Etna Rosso. 🇮🇹🍷 decanter.visitlink.me/koFxSM

Trendy natural wine bar staple or one of the world's oldest winemaking traditions? Both, actually. Take our 12-question orange wine quiz and find out how skin-contact savvy you really are. 🍊🍷 www.decanter.com/wine/orange-...

Krug's Clos du Mesnil, Salon, Pierre Péters' Les Chétillons, some of Champagne's rarest wines all come from one small Côte des Blancs village. Tom Hewson explores what makes Le Mesnil-sur-Oger's chalk so special. 🍷🇫🇷 decanter.visitlink.me/s79ltf

"It felt like a real treat at a price point that didn't feel excessive." 25-year-old Anabel splashes out on English rosé from Kent for our Gen Z Wine Challenge. Verdict? Easy yes. 🍷🇬🇧 www.decanter.com/wine/gen-z-w...

Solaia 2023 is "perhaps the best I've ever tasted." James Button picks the Italian fine wine launches worth watching for this autumn, from Masseto to a standout Etna red. 🍷🇮🇹 www.decanter.com/wine/italy/h...

Single malt gets all the glory, but blended Scotch is having a quiet renaissance. "We're uniquely able to overdeliver on flavour, bringing elements together in harmony." 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.decanter.com/spirits/whis...

51 South American whites, all under £15, tasted blind: 4 Outstanding, 14 Highly Recommended, and a clear shift away from heavy oak towards leaner, fresher styles. 🍷🌎 www.decanter.com/wine/south-a...