You can feel the frustration in Adrianna Catena’s guest column (p16), in which she laments the still-prevalent Eurocentric attitudes towards the wines of her region. Decanter operates out of London, but we’re distributed globally, and we’ve...
I lack the space at home for long-term cellaring, so it was a rare delight to enjoy López de Haro’s Classica Gran Reserva Blanco, Rioja 2014 (£36 Wine Society) with Hispanophile and London restaurateur Richard Bigg. Described by him as...
Cassandra Charlick surveys the 2024 Chardonnays and 2023 Cabernets, the latter the product of a ‘Goldilocks’ year Chardonnay 2024 While 2023 was a dream of a vintage, 2024 took the region’s winemakers by surprise thanks to the earliest...
Remarkably high quality across the board: 76 wines tasted, 2 rated Exceptional and 36 Outstanding By any measure, this was a very strong showing for Napa blends (see ‘Entry criteria’, below), with half the field of 76 rated Outstanding or...
Marianna Hunt offers some insights into some of the unconventional ways Gen Z is interacting with the world of wine Acollective ‘oooh’ rippled as the plates were brought out: gleaming nuggets of gold batter with precisely piped globules of...
South America’s potential for producing premium Pinot Noir is finally being realised, says Amanda Barnes MW Pinot Noir has been cultivated almost as long as Malbec in Argentina, Cabernet Sauvignon in Chile, or Tannat in Uruguay. Yet only...
Alistair Cooper MW profiles eight exciting producers dedicated to making wines that honestly express their origins The country to the west of the Andes long ago established itself as a producer of standout wines – at both the value and...
Venturing beyond the Pisco Sour, with Sorrel Moseley-Williams Drawing from a bountiful pantry that stretches from the lofty peaks of the Andes to the generous Pacific ocean and the little-trodden Amazon region, Peruvian flavours are...
