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What the wine industry is drinking this Christmas
From top sommeliers to star winemakers, what the wine world’s biggest names are uncorking over the festive season
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Untangling the Gros family's estates
Diving into this Burgundy' family’s vinous dynasty
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Yield and quality: is less really more?
Understanding the relationship between yield and quality when it comes to wine
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Burgundy 2023: by producer
A breakdown of the vintage by estate
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Burgundy 2023: vintage overview
Diving into this complicated year and the style of the wines
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Five decades of Cristal Rosé
Celebrating 50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer’s rarest wine
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Advancing Abruzzo
The cult wines of Cristiana Tiberio: Fonte Canale, Colle Vota and Archivio
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Baettig: the story so far
Tasting through the wines from one of Chile’s most exciting estates
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Burgundy 2023: first look
What to expect from the vintage
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Advocating for change
How William Kelley is leading a revolution at the Wine Advocate
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Growing up: Favia
How Andy Erickson and Annie Favia’s Napa project is evolving
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Turning the page at Cheval des Andes
Pierre-Olivier Clouet on Cheval Blanc’s Argentinian project today
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Change at Cerbaiona
Talking to Matthew Fioretti, the frank winemaker behind Cerbaiona on the revolution he’s leading at the estate
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A collector like no other
Rino Fontana on his journey into wine, Nebbiolo obsession and extraordinary collection
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Wine books – pour yourself a good read
A round-up for Decanter of recently published works that are worth your time
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Kicking the dirt with Mike Ratcliffe
Talking to the owner and co-founder of South Africa’s Vilafonté
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Championing Chile: Eduardo Chadwick
How one dogged, determined man has transformed Chile’s wine scene
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Piecing together the puzzle at Castello di Ama
A trip to this cult Chianti Classico estate to explore its vineyards
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Working to the beat
Uncovering the art of barrel-making with the master cooper at Smith-Haut-Lafitte
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Made in Solomeo: the stamp of dignity
Exploring Brunello Cuccinelli’s Umbrian wine project and the philosophy behind it
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Bordeaux 2023: the vintage by commune
A run-down of the year by commune, with recommendations from each
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Bordeaux 2023: vintage overview
Diving into the vintage, the conditions that defined it and the extraordinary wines produced
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The call of the vine
The life of a vocational vigneron at Ch. Lafite Rothschild
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Bordeaux 2023: critics' round-up
A crib-sheet to what the leading critics are saying about the latest vintage to be released en primeur
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What is en primeur?
Exploring the origins and history of wine futures
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A lasting dream
How Tim Mondavi is building a new famly legacy at Continuum
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Gilding the future: Ch. d'Yquem
Talking to the team that puts the finishing touch on every bottle of liquid gold
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The Maule mission: Baettig
Discovering the old vines inspiring Baettig’s new Cabernet Sauvignon project
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Taking the reins at Ch. Pontet-Canet
How horses have helped transform this Bordeaux estate
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Hammer time: Allan Frischman
Introducing the latest member of the FINE+RARE team
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Brunello di Montalcino 2019: what the critics are saying
A run-down of the Wine Advocate, Vinous, Kerin O’Keefe’s reports on the vintage – and their top-scoring wines
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The big smoke: peat and whisky
How whisky distillers are using peat today with Bruichladdich, House of Hazelwood and Mackmyra
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Burgundy 2022: the critics' verdict
Your crib-sheet to what the top tasters are saying about the vintage
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Telmo Rodríguez: the eternal battle
The charismatic winemaker’s fight for Spanish wine
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Burgundy 2022: the critics' verdict
What the world’s most discerning tasters are saying about the year
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Burgundy 2022: by producer
Breaking the vintage down by individual domaine
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Burgundy 2022: vintage overview
A deep dive into how vignerons handled the year
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Everything you really need to know about Burgundy
Your one-stop guide to the mecca for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
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The allure of the Langhe
The endless complexity that makes Barolo and Barbaresco so enchanting
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Student and master – Jean-Marie Fourrier
How and why the Burgundian vigneron refuses to stop learning
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An icon in the making – Porseleinberg
Talking to and tasting with winemaker Callie Louw
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First thoughts on Burgundy 2022
Thirty-six hours in Burgundy and my first taste of the 2022 vintage
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The other Pernot: Puligny-Montrachet’s Alvina Pernot
Exploring the evolution of this fledgeling wine estate over five vintages
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A waiting game: Champagne Charles Heidsieck
Meeting the House’s new Chef de Cave, Elise Losfelt
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Anything but ordinary: Clos Manou
Stéphane Dief on his modest yet mighty Médoc estate
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Disrupt and disturb: the legacy of Bordeaux’s garagistes
ith Jean-Luc Thunevin, Jonathan Maltus and Stephan von Niepperg
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The bar that sparked a revolution: Sager + Wilde
Michael Sager looks back at a decade on Hackney Road and London’s wine scene today
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Divine intervention: Ad Vivum
How Chris Phelps went from aspiring medic to star winemaker
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Facing up to the New French Wine: Jon Bonné
Talking to the writer about his latest book – and the revolution that inspired it
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The archangel of Anjou
Ivan Massonat has big plans for Domaine Belargus and the region
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Montlandrie & Eglise-Clinet
Tasting with Noëmie Durantou Reilhac
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In pursuit of Sonoma's true identity: Kistler & Occidental
Exploring the two estates created by Steve Kistler
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Fashion victim: Sauvignon Blanc
Investigating this divisive grape’s popularity predicament
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Meeting the new team at Ch. Lafon-Rochet
What a changing of the guard means for this Fourth Growth Saint-Estephe estate
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Copper craft: the art of the still
Cult coppersmiths Forsyths on how stills define a distillery’s style
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Napa 2020: digging into the year
Exploring a challenging vintage that nevertheless produced some stunning wines
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Napa 2019: plush and polished
A run-down of a classical Californian vintage, perfect for polished Cabernet
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Bordeaux: the Left Bank versus the Right
Breaking down the differences between the wines and estates of Bordeaux’s two banks
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All change: evolution at Evangile
Talking to Juliette Couderc, the impressive vigneron at the helm of this Pomerol estate
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Bordeaux 2022: the vintage by commune
A report on how each of the key subregions fared in the vintage
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California's sparkling wine revival
Exploring the sparkling side of California’s wine scene for Club Oenologique
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Bordeaux 2022: vintage overview
A deep-dive into the detail that defines the year
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Bordeaux 2022: what the critics are saying
A round-up of what the world’s leading critics are saying about Bordeaux 2022
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Guide to Bordeaux's other classifications
Covering the Graves, Cru Bourgeois and Cru Artisan classifications
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The way the wind blows
Talking to Paul Hobbs, Steve Matthiasson, Cate Kistler, Cory Empting and more about the threat of wildfires
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From the ground up: the creed at Lafleur
I sat down with Omri Ram to delve into the Guinaudeau family’s projects, shining a light on the latest addition to their range, Les Perrières
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Guide to Bordeaux's 1855 Classification
An introduction to the historic classification of the Left Bank, as well as its lesser-known bedfellows
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Guide to the Saint-Emilion classification
A breakdown of the Right Bank appellation’s controversial classification, covering how it works and how it’s different to the region’s Grands Crus
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Legend and legacy in Napa: the Harlan family and Promontory
Exploring Promontory, an extraordinary project and place, with Will Harlan and Cory Empting
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