Clive Pursehouse

2 weeks ago | decanter.com | Clive Pursehouse

This past weekend, with views of Manhattan made moody by spring rains, over 500 wine lovers ascended the 60 stories to Manhatta for the fourth annual New York Fine Wine Encounter. This year’s Encounter featured sell-out masterclasses from Biondi-Santi, a special retrospective on aged Veuve Clicquot, and Rioja’s top wines. Starting the morning with Champagne, winemaker and director of R&D at Veuve Clicquot, Gaëlle Goossens, and Decanter’s Natalie Earl led the tasting of seven different vintages.

3 weeks ago | decanter.com | Clive Pursehouse

We take an in-depth look into how to store Champagne at home. Factors to consider include light exposure and temperature conditions, as well as bottle size. We also recommend which rooms best lend themselves to Champagne storage and whether bottles should be upright or on their sides.

4 weeks ago | decanter.com | Clive Pursehouse

When Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married, winemaker Jesse Katz was commissioned to craft personalised wedding wines. The wine, Blue Ocean Floor, was named after a song Timberlake wrote for Biel. He did the same for his close childhood friend, Jessica’s brother Justin Biel and his wife, Rose. Prophet & Poet is a continuation of those collaborations. ‘We have really enjoyed working together, the learning and collaboration,’ said Katz.

1 month ago | decanter.com | Clive Pursehouse

When Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married, winemaker Jesse Katz was commissioned to craft personalised wedding wines. The wine, Blue Ocean Floor, was named after a song Timberlake wrote for Biel. He did the same for his close childhood friend, Jessica’s brother Justin Biel and his wife, Rose. Prophet & Poet is a continuation of those collaborations. ‘We have really enjoyed working together, the learning and collaboration,’ said Katz.

1 month ago | decanter.com | Clive Pursehouse

The concept of a single vineyard that stands above its peers dates all the way back to Roman times. The vineyards on Mount Falernus – now known as Monte Massico and situated near Campania’s northern border with Lazio – were even designated into separate growths, or ‘crus’ in today’s terminology. Such was their reputation that these Falernian wines were mentioned by the poet Horace and in the 1st-century work of Latin fiction Satyricon.