Decanter

Decanter is a monthly magazine focused on wine and the lifestyle surrounding it, available in around 90 countries. It features news from the wine industry, guides to different vintages, and suggestions for wines and spirits. Additionally, Decanter hosts the yearly Decanter World Wine Awards.

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Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d’Alba: These 25 bottles prove it’s not all about Barolo

3 days ago | decanter.com | Michaela Morris

For all the attention lavished on Barolo and Barbaresco, the noble Nebbiolo grape gets very little of its own airtime. What is Nebbiolo when it isn’t either of these? In the greater Langhe area – which also includes Roero – the answer is two confusingly overlapping denominations of Langhe Nebbiolo and Nebbiolo d’Alba. Without going into the minutiae of the specific regulations that distinguish the two, together these two DOCs provide producers with an outlet for non-DOCG interpretations.
Bordeaux 2024: ‘Tremendous’ Margaux completes the first growth releases

5 days ago | decanter.com | Rupert Millar

Château Margaux 2024 was released this morning (Monday 2 June) with a 25% price cut on its 2023 vintage’s opening offer. Its release is the last of the first growths this campaign, and like the others its 2024 vintage is among the cheapest wines available to collectors.
Eliza Dumais: ‘The copy that comes with a score is so essential to making comparisons’

5 days ago | decanter.com | Eliza Dumais

And while I, myself, am partial to adjectives, the practice of old-fashioned numerical scoring is nevertheless alive and well. For context: ‘Scoring is just a shorthand that tells you how good a critic thinks a wine is compared to its peers,’ explains Matt Walls, Decanter’s Rhône-oriented wine critic (and the Regional Chair for Rhône in the Decanter World Wine Awards). ‘For winemakers and [commercial] buyers, scores are a useful tool. For retailers and importers, they help market and sell wines.
Winemaker to watch: Raúl Moreno

6 days ago | decanter.com | Ines Salpico

There’s a cerebral intensity, underpinned by an electric vibrancy, to both Raúl Moreno and his work. Similarly, the unfortified wines he produces in Jerez have matter and substance, but also chiselled definition. Back in Andalucía after three decades on an international quest of selfdiscovery, this Seville-born sommelier-now-winemaker is producing some of Spain’s most characterful and surprising wines.
Jessica Biel and partners release Prophet & Poet wines

1 week 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.
A toast to English Wine Week: Summer highlights to watch out for

1 week ago | decanter.com | Sophie McLean |Sophie Mclean

The UK now boasts over 300 vineyards and wineries open to the public, with a growing number of options for a day out or overnight stay across the country. Most are indicated by the grape symbol on brown tourist signposts. Visitor numbers to UK wine estates have risen in recent years, as interest grows in enjoying wines in the surroundings where they are made.
Subsea Estate: Australia’s first underwater winery - Decanter

1 week ago | decanter.com | Cassandra Charlick

Ageing wine underwater has become a hot topic in recent years. Bottles discovered on the seabed among long-forgotten shipwrecks provided inspiration. On opening, the wine was surprisingly fresh, a testament to the ocean’s powers of preservation. Several producers have since explored how the ocean might be utilised during the winemaking process. The most recent winery to release the result of its underwater vinous experimentation is Subsea Estate in Western Australia.
Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake and partners release Prophet & Poet wines

1 week 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.
European wine producers bear the brunt of climate change

1 week ago | decanter.com | Martin Green

Researchers found that Europe has endured the worst effects of climate change, with higher temperatures and more extreme heat days than other continents. Dr Elizabeth Wolkovich of the University of British Columbia, who led the study, said the data was ‘sobering’. Her team studied the phenology of grape vines, focusing on the timing of different stages of growth and reproduction in response to the changing environment. They assessed data from more than 500 grape varieties.
Walls: Reflections on what makes cuvée Boisrenard so spéciale

1 week ago | decanter.com | Matt Walls

Let me begin with a quick story about a different winery – the anti-Beaurenard, if you like. I won’t mention its name, but it’s Italian. I drank one of its wines that was so delicious I shared a photo of the bottle with friends in a WhatsApp group. Fresh, structured, with an array of herbs and dried flowers – they should look out for it, I said. ‘Oh THAT guy,’ came the replies. It turned out the winemaker had made some vile comments on Facebook. I searched them up and read them for myself.