Amy Wislocki

Kingston, London

Editor at Decanter

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Best wine buys at Tesco

1 month ago | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Last year Tesco carried out a massive overhaul of its wine range, making space for 130 new offerings. Since then it has brought a new Master of Wine into its buying team, Beth Kelly MW, and has rejigged some of the team’s responsibilities. As you would expect in such an enormous wine range, there are high points and low points. You won’t find a wine that has been badly made – there’s far too much competition to be on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarket for that to ever be a danger.
Decanter magazine April 2025: See what’s inside

2 months ago | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

It is in just such a situation that scoring can be helpful. Wine adventurers, who come across unfamiliar sparkling wines priced at the same level as Champagne, may be given the reassurance they need to buy after seeing a high score given by a taster or outlet they hold in high regard. There’s no doubt that many consumers find wine scores useful – hence our use of them in Decanter.
History of Australian wine wins André Simon Award 2025

2 months ago | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Chair Nick Lander explained that books were judged against several criteria: they needed to contain a large amount of original research; be of enduring, educational value; be a pleasure to read; and be well produced. This year, the 46th year of the awards, saw a record number of submissions, with more than 160 books entered.
Decanter magazine March 2025: See what’s inside

Mar 5, 2025 | decanter.com | Wendy Narby |Amy Wislocki

I’m used to tasting at merchant or regional tastings, where a diverse range of grapes and styles are showcased. These tastings are expensive to stage, and it makes sense to curate the best line-up possible. In panel tastings, by contrast, any producer or retailer can enter a wine, as long as it meets the criteria. In the Vermentino tasting, many of the scores were in the mid-80s and the best wines stood out clearly from the pack.
Outpost: Finding a Napa pied-à-terre

Feb 14, 2025 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Christian Seely was viewing another vineyard for sale in Napa in 2018 when he got the call about Outpost, based on the higher slopes of Howell Mountain. AXA Millésimes had decided to add a Napa estate to its winery portfolio in 2016 and managing director Seely had been searching for the right property over the following years.
Decanter magazine February 2025: See what's inside

Feb 5, 2025 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

At the time my parents weren’t really into wine, and as we explored Barcelona and travelled along the coast, stopping off at the scenic towns of Figueres, Cadaqués and Tossa del Mar, I was reanimated by the delight of introducing them to the wines not only of Penedès but of all Spain, often enjoyed with servings of piping hot, herb-accented Catalan fish stew. Sharing my passion brought us closer, and has given me an affection for the reds and whites of Spain, in all their glorious diversity.
New look Decanter magazine January 2025: See what's inside

Jan 8, 2025 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Design-wise, for sure, the mag is unrecognisable from the earliest issues published in the mid-1970s (thank goodness!). And yet there’s a common thread that remains unchanged, and that is the importance we attach to giving you the most authoritative and useful information we can – written by the world’s most respected wine writers – and delivering this information in the most engaging way possible.
Wine to 5: Adam Porter MW, wine & spirits buying manager, luxury retail

Dec 31, 2024 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Heading up the wine and spirits buying team at London’s Harrods department store, Adam Porter has 15 years’ experience in wine trade. Adam received the IMW Chair’s Award for the top business of wine paper and the Noval Award for the best research paper by a new MW. He has also worked as an independent consultant, wine educator and wine judge. How did you get here? I used to manage stores for Majestic, before moving into the trading team at Sainsbury’s, working on drinks and fresh counters.
The perfect gift for Christmas

Dec 6, 2024 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Wine-Opoly board game£25 Widely availableIt wouldn’t be Christmas without a board game. This wine lover’s spin on classic Monopoly aims to help you learn while you play. Choose either traditional play or a one-hour version. Wine Folly, Color of Wine poster£29 winefolly.comPerfect for wine students, this is one of a range of useful, educational posters from Wine Folly – and will look good on the kitchen wall, too.
A drink with: Ben Hasko MW MS

Dec 5, 2024 | decanter.com | Amy Wislocki

Ben Hasko was announced as one of five new MWs in August, having qualified as Master Sommelier in 2016. Amy Wislocki caught up with him while in Singapore for the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter in October. ‘I found out about passing the MW in between services at work. We opened a good bottle of Champagne there and then to celebrate.