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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Red to white: Piedmont's shifting focus

5 days ago | decanter.com | David Way

In 2015, top Piedmontese winery Gaja purchased 30ha at 650m in Trezzo Tinella, planting vines and building a new 250,000-bottle winery principally to vinify white grape varieties grown in the new vineyards. While the new facility is only a 15-minute drive from Gaja’s 19th-century winery in the village of Barbaresco, the vineyards here can be as much as 4°C cooler.
The ethical drinker: Let’s talk about bees

6 days ago | decanter.com | Natalie Earl

Irrational fears aside, bees are an important part of any ecosystem, including vineyards. I spoke to beekeepers and vineyard owners to find out why. ‘There isn’t a direct link between the vine and the bee,’ says Victorine Fraisse of Domaine de Villeneuve in Pic St-Loup, north of Montpellier in Languedoc. Her father has been a beekeeper since 1989 and the estate has about 1,000 bee hives.
Cristaldi: Seeking Napa Valley's best ‘second label’ wines

1 week ago | decanter.com | Jonathan Cristaldi

In Bordeaux, the ‘second wine’ concept is both well-established and well-defined. These wines, often called ‘second labels,’ are traditionally crafted from lots that don’t make the cut for the château’s grand vin.
Best Manhattan restaurant wine lists: Nine venues to try

1 week ago | decanter.com | Vicki Denig

While the number of Manhattan restaurant wine lists worth checking out goes far beyond the confines of one article, we’ve rounded up nine of our favourite spots for eating and drinking right now. The saying goes that wine is best enjoyed with food, and in the realm of exceptional lists, New York is home to some of the world’s greatest.
Katherine Cole: ‘The surest way to ensure wine’s demise is to politicise it’

1 week ago | decanter.com | Katherine Cole

While wine’s reputation suffers from its new status as a carcinogen, oligarchs presiding over the Second American Gilded Age engage in hyperbaric therapy, light therapy and cryotherapy. They take longevity drugs, pop supplements, swap out their blood plasma and follow strict diet and exercise regimens. In this milieu, wine appreciation feels positively transgressive. Why not kick it while it’s down? The surest way to ensure wine’s demise is to politicise it. And this is already happening.
Midleton whiskey Oldest-ever Irish whiskey is released - Decanter

1 week ago | decanter.com | Joel Harrison

Midleton Very Rare has released the oldest Irish whiskey ever bottled. The Silent Distillery Collection Chapter Six is a 50-year-old single pot still whiskey. The launch comes just weeks after Bushmills unveiled the oldest Irish single malt to date: a 46-year-old that set a new benchmark for Irish single malt. Released on 11 April, the new ultra-rare expression concludes a landmark series from Midleton Very Rare that began in 2020.
Tannat Day – Rediscovering heritages; rethinking identities - Decanter

1 week ago | decanter.com | Ines Salpico

April 14th was the date chosen in Uruguay to celebrate Tannat, the country’s flagship grape variety. It was on that day, in 1984, that viticulturalist Pascual Harriague passed away; the annual celebration pays tribute to the Basque immigrant (b. 1819) that played a decisive role in the introduction and propagation of Tannat in the South American country that became its second – but arguably better – home .
Price cut talk as Bordeaux 2024 en primeur tastings start

1 week ago | decanter.com | Chris Mercer

It’s important not to prejudge quality as the official tasting week for Bordeaux 2024 en primeur gets underway, but tough market conditions mean there is already talk of price cuts in the upcoming releases campaign. Discounts could help ‘rekindle demand’ among consumers, found a survey of global trade professionals by consultancy group Wine Lister. Respondents called for a year-on-year price cut of around 31% on average, although opinions varied widely.
Vermentino 2023 Tuscany vs Sardinia: Panel tasting results

1 week ago | decanter.com | Jason Millar

Jason Millar, Michael Garner, and Vincenzo Arnese tasted 83 wines, with 18 Highly RecommendedVermentino 2023: Panel tasting scoresExceptional 0Outstanding 1Highly recommended 18Recommended 55Commended 9Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their Vermentino wines from Sardinia or Tuscany, from the 2023 vintage onlyFashionable Vermentino has been making a name for itself in recent years.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla celebrate 20th wedding anniversary with Ferrari Trento

1 week ago | decanter.com | Martin Green

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were on a state visit to Italy, so they celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in Rome on Wednesday evening. They dined with Italian president Sergio Mattarella and several other luminaries at the Palazzo Quirinale on the outskirts of Rome. Ferrari Trento, which is widely regarded as Italy’s leading luxury sparkling wine producer, was selected to oversee the special toast.