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Top five best value Grosses Gewächs to try

12-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Vineyards in Pfalz. Credit: VDP by Peter BenderThe Große Gewächs (GG) of the VDP – an association of 200 of Germany’s leading wineries – represents the highest quality wine made in Germany today.
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Classic pairings: The best wines for your festive roast duck and goose

12-12-2025 07:00 via decanter.com

What to drink with a traditional roast goose this Christmas...Five examples of grape varieties that power great wines to pair with roast duck or goose are:Pinot Noir
Barbera
Mencía
Riesling
Pinot GrisTraditional roast duck is a key element of Christmas dinner in Denmark, while goose was at one time the go-to festive meat in England.
Whether you’re going Danish-style or old-school this year, or simply fancy a change, duck or goose will likely give you a richer meat on the festi

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Historic Santorini vineyards struggle against climate change and tourism

12-12-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Viticulturist Stratos Guillame Xyrafis (left) with Yiannis Boutaris (right, son of Stellios Boutaris and sixth-generation winemaker) during the 2025 harvest at Domaine Sigalas.From almost any vantage point on Santorini, the island looks timeless: whitewashed villages ring the caldera, basket-trained vines pepper volcanic terraces, and tasting rooms buzz with thirsty visitors. Wine has been made here for thousands of years, yet what is unfolding now is close to an extinction-level event for one o

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DWWA winners tasting in the heart of South Korea

12-12-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

On Friday 28 November, wine lovers and trade gathered in Seoul’s Gangnam district in the heart of South Korea, for an spectacular walk around tasting.
For the event, Decanter teamed up with Winevision, one of South Korea’s most respected and widely-recognised wine and spirit educational institutions. Hosted at Winevision’s headquarters and organised by co-owner, leading educator and DWWA judge Moonsong Bang, the tasting showcased more than 80 award-winning wines from Decanter W

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Little Mountain Tends the Hearth in Montecito

11-12-2025 17:16 via winespectator.com

Chef Diego Moya had always wanted to work in California. The well-travelled Chilean-born chef—whose resume includes stints at Peru’s Astrid y Gastón, Paris’s Le Comptoir and L’Arpège, and Best of Award of Excellence winner, Casa Mono in New York City—said of his move to Montecito, Calif., “After getting used to the rhythms of being in New York for the last 20 years, I was looking for something else.”A few years ago, Graham Duncan, a Monteci

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St. Andrea: Reviving Hungary’s famed volcanic blends

11-12-2025 11:00 via decanter.com

St. Andrea has become synonymous with world-class, award-winning Hungarian wines, which still offer fantastic value compared to many more famous names. The winery is rightly proud of its Best in Show award at DWWA 2021 and has continued this track record with two Gold and four Silver medals at DWWA 2025; multiple other international awards; and the title of Hungary’s ‘Winery of the Year 2025’.
A statue of the Virgin Mary watches over the vineyards.
Local heroes
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Distilled: Two new expressions from Mount Gay

11-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

A double from Mount Gay
The world’s oldest rum distillery, Mount Gay in Barbados, has released two new expressions in its highly collectible Single Estate Series: 25_03_Vt24CF and 25_04_Vt19dp.
With a focus on terroir and vintage, the rums have been crafted from harvests at the same sugar cane estate in St Lucy but in different years.
‘These two new additions to our Single Estate Series are a masterclass in contrast and complementarity,’ said Master Blender Trudiann Branker. &l

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Burgundy 2024: What to expect from a topsy-turvy vintage

11-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Tasting the 2024sDespite widespread reports of its challenges, the results of the 2024 vintage hold surprises both good and less good for Burgundy lovers.
The weather during the 2024 growing season defied current global warming trends. Most of the past six years have been unrelentingly hot and dry, with only 2021 offering some respite.
The tables turned in 2024, when nature surprised us with unprecedented amounts of rain and some of the lowest levels of sunshine in recent memory.
As a consequenc

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Reimagining—and Restoring—a Napa Icon: Robert Mondavi Winery’s Renovation

10-12-2025 19:00 via winespectator.com

How do you renovate Napa Valley’s most iconic winery? Carefully. For more than two years, Constellation has been overhauling Robert Mondavi Winery, spending millions of dollars to update the facility that Mondavi himself opened in 1966. But changing a winery that has become symbolic of Napa Valley over the past six decades is a treacherous task.The original Mondavi winery was envisioned by famed designer Clifford May, famous for his California ranch-style homes and West Coast interpretatio

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Ferran Centelles: ‘Spain deserves more dynamism, more ambition, more recognition’

10-12-2025 09:23 via decanter.com

Vineyard in Jerez.Rioja, 1991. Priorat, 2001. These are the moments the two wine regions rose from the status of DO (denominación de origen) to DOCa (denominación de origen calificada, or DOQ: denominació d’origen qualificada in Catalan). It’s etched on the memory of every Spanish sommelier. They were hailed as milestones, proof that Spain’s wine hierarchy could evolve. But more than 20 years later, one can’t help asking: has it, really?
Since 2001, n

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Meet the first DWWA Resident Co-Chair: Q&A with Caro Maurer MW

10-12-2025 08:00 via decanter.com

Credit: Nic Crilly-HargraveCaro Maurer MW has become the first Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) Resident Co-Chair after judging at the competition since 2013 and more recently, as Regional Chair, leading panels for Germany and the South & East Mediterranean.
As the world’s largest and most prestigious wine competition, DWWA has created the Resident Co-Chair role as part of continuous efforts to enhance its famously rigorous judging process, built around world-leading experts.
&l

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Alto Adige: 24 expert-rated wines to try

10-12-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

For Austrians and Germans, and a great number of the people who live there, it is the ‘Südtirol’ – the southern province of the Tyrol. For Italians, it is the ‘Alto Adige’, the Upper Valley of the river Adige.
This bilingual province on the border with Austria is a meeting place of cultures created by the twists and turns of history. What is now the Trentino-Alto Adige region spent more of the last 200 years of its history under Austrian rule than Italian, and

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SND: Washington's Wyckoff Family Buys Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

09-12-2025 14:53 via winespectator.com

Washington's state's biggest wine producer is changing hands again, but this time being sold to a fellow wine company. The Washington state-based Wyckoff family has announced its purchase of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates for an undisclosed sum. Ste. Michelle was previously bought by private equity firm Sycamore Partners in 2021 for $1.2 billion. Wyckoff's purchase includes all of Ste. Michelle's wine brands, facilities and vineyards in Washington. The company's Oregon brands will continue to be own

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Julie Buckley

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Julie Buckley is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Julie BuckleyJulie Buckley
Julie Buckley discovered a passion for wine whilst working in hospitality in Hong Kong in the late 90’s. She developed this further by returning to the UK to study for the WSET Diploma and a scholarship at the Champagne Academy.
She has worked extensively in PR and buying roles in both the specialist and grocery retail sector. Her recent roles have focused on developing own & tertiary bran

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Joseph Arthur

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Joseph Arthur is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Joseph ArthurJoseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur has worked in almost every sector of the trade; from making wine in Bordeaux and England whilst completing his BSc in Viticulture and Oenology, to selling fine wine to London’s most prestigious restaurants.
He moved into buying, working at Bibendum, Ocado and now Marks & Spencer where he is senior buyer. He looks after wines sourced from Australasia, Iberia, France and the US

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James Davis MW

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

James Davis MW is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).James Davis MWJames Davis MW
James Davis MW is the wine director at Chestnut, and was formerly the general manager at Bolney Wine Estate (Part of Freixenet Copestick & Henkell). He is currently a doctoral student in wine business.
For nearly 4 years, James was commercial and retail director for Adnams, based on the beautiful Suffolk coast in Southwold.
He worked for Tesco supermarkets for 7 years, latterly heading up the

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Fiona Hayes

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Fiona Hayes is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA)Fiona HayesFiona Hayes
Having studied languages at Manchester University, Fiona Hayes first worked in the wine trade at Berkmann Wine Cellars, in their York office.
Fiona moved to London after a year and became a buying assistant for Wine Importer Fields, Morris & Verdin, having fallen in love with working with wine and wanting to be closer to the various tastings and events taking place in the capital.
After a number of yea

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Devon Lochhead

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Devon Lochhead is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Devon LochheadDevon Lochhead
Devon’s enthusiasm for wine began at 19, working evenings as a wine advisor in South Africa while at university.
After graduating, he moved to Hong Kong, immersing himself in the city’s buzzing wine culture. He joined Kedington wines in 2014, where he worked, studied and learned more about the industry.
Thereafter, he moved to Black Sheep Restaurants group and worked his way up to Hea

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Dawn Davies MW

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Dawn Davies MW is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).
Dawn Davies MWDawn Davies MW
Dawn Davies MW is the buying director at Speciality Drinks, after spending nine years working for Selfridges as the company’s Wine and Spirit Buyer.
She previously worked as Head Sommelier, and then Restaurant Manager, at The Ledbury restaurant in Notting Hill, and as Sommelier at the Square Restaurant in Mayfair, both in London. Before that, she was Head Sommelier at Boxwood Café (

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Cat Lomax

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Cat Lomax is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Cat LomaxCat Lomax
Cat Lomax has held buying and senior trading roles across key wine retailers in the UK market; Laithwaites, Waitrose, Majestic and Marks & Spencer. She is currently working as a wine consultant.
Cat won the Derouet Jameson Award for outstanding academic achievement in her WSET Diploma.
See more judges for the 2026 DWWA.
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Beverly Tabbron MW

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Beverly Tabbron MW is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Beverly Tabbron MWBeverly Tabbron MW
Beverly Tabbron MW graduated from Kings College London in 1979 with a BA joint honours degree in German and Latin.
Since passing her MW in 1996, Beverly has been responsible for purchasing at Hallgarten & Novum, and with particular emphasis on their French portfolio since 2014.
She is also responsible for training and education within the company, leading a team of two traine

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Beth Pearce MW

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Beth Pearce MW is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).DWWA Judge, Beth Pearce MWBeth Pearce MW
Beth is an experienced wine buyer and Master of Wine, and is currently the Head of Buying at Flint Wines.
Beth grew up on the coast in Hampshire, between Portsmouth and Southampton. She has a history and politics degree from Sussex University. She joined Majestic in 2010, working up from store to the head office as Buyer (Bordeaux, US, Australia, NZ, Rhone, Southern France). Beth then

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Andres Ituarte

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Andres Ituarte is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Andres ItuarteAndres Ituarte
Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Andres Ituarte has been working in the food and beverage industry since he was 19.
Originally starting out in the kitchen, he soon realised that wine was his true vocation. After googling ‘sommelier’, and finding out that there was a job where you could get paid to drink wine, he immediately signed up for wine classes through the Internatio

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Andrea Eby

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Andrea Eby is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).DWWA Judge, Andrea EbyAndrea Eby
Andrea Eby is the Italian programs director at the Wine Scholar Guild. Andrea is a stage two Masters of Wine student with over a decade of experiences in the wine trade as a wine buyer, in retail sales, and as a drinks educator at one of Canada’s top wine stores. In 2020 she founded Vinsanity Consulting and Vinsanity School of Wine in Winnipeg, Canada.
Andrea runs wine education classes in

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Amaya Cervera

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Amaya Cervera is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards.Amaya CerveraAmaya Cervera
Amaya Cervera is a freelance wine writer and journalist based in Madrid. She is the founder and editor of the bilingual (English-Spanish) website, Spanish Wine Lover, and writes mainly about Spanish wine.
She is also a contributor for other international and Spanish publications.
Amaya first joined the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge in 2022.
Follow Amaya on Instagram and check out more of her work o

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Agustin Trapero

09-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Agustin Trapero is a judge at the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA).Agustin TraperoAgustin Trapero
Agustin Trapero comes from El Tiemblo, an area of Spain famous for its historic Garnacha vines. As a youngster, he was introduced to his grandfather’s homemade wine. It wasn’t until he moved to the UK in 2001 and began working in restaurants that he found his passion for wine.
Starting from zero, he worked his way up through the ranks in various London eateries and Oxford hotels, e

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Beyond Champagne: Traditional-method wines around the world

09-12-2025 09:19 via decanter.com

Champagne itself will always be a beacon for sparkling lovers, but a host of top medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 (DWWA) recently showcased stunning work by producers in California, the UK, Spain and Italy, plus those in up-and-coming Tasmania and lesser-explored corners of the vinous universe, such as China’s Ningxia region – to name a few.
While styles and grape varieties vary, traditional-method sparkling wines all undergo a secondary fermentation in the bottle, follo

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Meet the next generation at four legacy Napa Valley wineries

09-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Cathy Corison and her daughter Grace.Among the handful of Napa estates still steering their own course, we find a firm conviction about what it means to build for the long term. Younger heirs have their challenges and must stay relevant to an audience that drinks differently, travels less, and scrolls or swipes at bewildering speeds.
For these families, legacy isn’t something you simply inherit, so much as something you work for, keep working for, with an urgency to innovate, and stay rele

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Uncover hidden gems: Affordable Bordeaux and Burgundy wines for your Christmas feast

09-12-2025 08:00 via decanter.com

Think of Bordeaux and an exclusive selection premium wines is likely to spring to mind – first growths, en primeur offerings and world-famous châteaux don’t tend to scream ‘value’.
Likewise in Burgundy, you’re unlikely to treat the grands crus of Romanée-Conti, Corton and Montrachet as casual purchases for mid-week quaffing.
But as with most wine regions, you can still find value-for-money bottles and enjoy something truly special without breaking the b

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Thieves Steal $42,000 of Domaine de La Romanée-Conti from Virginia Restaurant

08-12-2025 21:30 via winespectator.com

Christian Borel has seen a lot of things as wine director for his family’s restaurant, L’Auberge Provençale. Located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the beautiful country inn and restaurant has more than 5,400 bottles in its cellar and has held a Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator since 2008. But nothing prepared Borel to be sprinting through his dining room, shouting, “They’re stealing Romanée-Conti!”On Nov. 19, two thieves ca

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DO Cava: Long-aged sparkling wine for all occasions

08-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

DO Cava offers a diverse array of soils,
elevations and microclimates.During the holidays, Cava comes into its own, adding glamour to any event. Better yet, behind every celebratory glass is a guarantee of quality.
DO Cava is Spain’s only wine denomination devoted entirely to traditional-method sparkling wine. Its diverse terroirs – with a range of soils, elevations and microclimates – produce a versatile range of wines. Just as important, the denomination guarantees a serious

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Chablis 2024 vintage report: The must-buy wines from classic but tiny crop

08-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Frost protection in Chablis.The difficult 2024 vintage in Chablis was ‘historically problematic,’ according to winemaker Laurent Pinson.
The press release of the BIVB, the region’s normally up-beat trade commission, admits: ‘Floods, excess rains, frost, hail…nothing saved the vines’.
And yet, there are glimmers of hope. The appeal is the return to the fresh, racy acidity, light body and low alcohol of previous decades.
Romain Chevrolat, winemaker at Domaine L

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Heston Blumenthal's secret ingredient for a memorable Christmas celebration

07-12-2025 15:49 via decanter.com

Celebrated chef Heston
Blumenthal (right) and his
wife Melanie Ceysson firmly
in the three-star Christmas
spirit at The Fat Duck, Bray. Ask Heston Blumenthal what the secret to a perfect Christmas is and the answer may surprise you.
Is it mastering his groundbreaking technique for triple-cooked chips (or roasties) for the feast? Recreating his hidden orange Christmas pudding? Or going the full molecular gastronomy route and maybe trying your hand at snail porridge or Sound of the Sea?
‘It&

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Decanter Festive Wine Guide: See 230 great buys for Christmas and New Year

07-12-2025 15:42 via decanter.com

Decanter has published its first Festive Wine Guide, featuring 230 great buys with a focus on the UK high street, plus expert food pairing advice, as a handy all-in-one companion for your Christmas and New Year plans in 2025.
While this is the season to raise a glass (or many) of good cheer, it’s no secret that it can also be quite stressful – especially for anyone organising a get-together, whether that’s an end-of-year party, Christmas Eve drinks or Boxing Day lunch.
And let&

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Red international varieties in Spain: Panel tasting results

07-12-2025 15:00 via decanter.com

Beth Willard, Matthew Forster MW and Andy Howard MW tasted 76 wines, with 25 Highly recommended and 43 Recommended
Red international varieties in Spain: Panel tasting scores
76 wines tasted
Exceptional 0Outstanding 0Highly recommended 25Recommended 43Commended 8Fair 0Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit red wines made from a minimum 85% of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot or Pinot Noir (or a combination of these), produced in any geographical denomination in SpainScrol

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One to watch: The Landing

07-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

The Landing winery and vineyards with the Bay of Islands beyondYou’ve just got to care,’ says vineyard manager Tereza Byrne, adding with a laugh, ‘I know all the vines individually.’ This meticulousness is a large part of why The Landing’s wines are turning heads.
When US-based Kiwi Peter Cooper bought a spectacular 400ha coastal farm on Northland’s Purerua peninsula in the north of New Zealand’s North Island in 1999, the plan was simply to create house

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Drought: A thirst for answers in Spain

06-12-2025 11:59 via decanter.com

Picture credit: Shutterstock / JOSE RAMIRO LAGUNAArguments over why – or whether – global warming is happening abound; there are more than a few scenarios out there, and increasingly popular are theories in which human activity isn’t responsible for any of it: wonderfully convenient.
But it’s hard (impossible?) to argue with the fact that the climate has changed and is likely to continue to do so.
Those of us working in the wine industry have long been the canary in this

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Danny Meyer Marks 40 Years of His Little NYC Restaurant That Could

05-12-2025 18:18 via winespectator.com

In the early 1980s, Danny Meyer had decided it was time to grow up. In his mid 20s, he had tried working in politics and in sales, and found little success. Time to go to law school, he decided. But on the night before the LSAT, he complained to an uncle that he didn't want to be a lawyer. His uncle replied, "You've been talking about food and restaurants your whole life; why don't you do that?"Four decades later, it appears Meyer’s decision to skip the LSAT has paid off. He’s founde

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Willamette Valley: Three must-know producers flying under the radar

05-12-2025 10:27 via decanter.com

Jackson and Ayla Holstein of Granville Wine Co.Beyond the beguiling wines, there is a charm to the Willamette Valley that I haven’t found in other American wine regions. This is a place where small producers can still build something for themselves.
Access to vineyard land, or at the very least quality fruit, is not beyond the reach of an aspiring new producer.
As a result, the upper tier of the Willamette Valley is a place where longstanding producers of renown like Eyrie, Bethel Heights

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Lirac & Tavel 2024: The most characterful top-scoring wines

04-12-2025 09:41 via decanter.com

The vineyards of Tavel.On the west bank of the Rhône river, whites and rosés lead the pack, with a good showing from Tavel this year.Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for the top-scoring Lirac & Tavel wines
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The 2012 vintage in Champagne: A Decanter Fine Wine Encounter Masterclass

03-12-2025 13:30 via decanter.com

Picture credit: Ellen RichardsonIn some respects, vintage Champagne is an affront to the traditions of the Champagne region.
‘Champagne is a blended product,’ in the words of the Comité Champagne, the ruling body of the Champagne industry.
The region prides itself on the consistency of its wines, and the overwhelming majority of production are non-vintage blends – the Comité Champagne reports that vintage Champagne represented only 1.2% of exports in 2024. For sea

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International Cabernet Franc Day: A myriad of styles in the spotlight

03-12-2025 12:00 via decanter.com

Cabernet Franc vines in the Loire Valley.International Cabernet Franc Day falls annually on 4 December, the anniversary of the death of Cardinal Richelieu, who is thought to have taken cuttings of Cabernet Franc from southwest France to the Loire Valley.
The region is highly regarded for the variety, where it comes into its own as both single varietal and red blends, particularly in Anjou-Saumur and Touraine. A versatile player, it’s also used for rosé and Crémant in the Loir

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My other passion: Ferraris with Sandra Lodi of Tenuta Gacci

03-12-2025 11:50 via decanter.com

Sandra Lodi with her
Ferrari 296 GTS Spyder‘I was born in a castle near Ferrara, where my father was the estate manager and owned a vineyard,’ Lodi says. ‘I was never expected to work for a living.’ But the free-spirited Sandra left home at 18 to see the world. Along the way, she made a friend who owned a Morgan – an early British-made sports car. ‘That was the beginning of my love for cars,’ she says.{"content":"PC9wPgo8aDI+T24gdGhlIGZhc3QtdHJhY2s8L2gyP

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Maison Canard-Duchêne: History and renewal in Champagne

03-12-2025 10:00 via decanter.com

Tucked away between the vines in the premier cru village of Ludes sits Maison Canard-Duchêne, founded in 1868 by Léonie Duchêne and Victor Canard. This Champagne house has spent more than 150 years developing its mastery of Pinot Noir and the distinctive terroir of Montagne de Reims.
Yet Canard-Duchêne is not resting on its laurels. Instead, the label is using its winemaking expertise to refine its wines, which age in six kilometres of chalk cellars beneath its winery, a

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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2024: The very best wines from a standout year

03-12-2025 09:41 via decanter.com

Gigondas is undoubtedly the most successful appellation in 2024.
The reds have tension, good acidity and plentiful fine tannins. A standout producer this year is Julien Brechet of Domaine des Bosquets and he describes 2024 as ‘a very honest vintage,’ meaning that it’s highly expressive of terroir, detailed and precise.Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for these regions’ best wines
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The perfect whisky for Christmas: Ten to savour and share

03-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Whisky requires patience. For Scotch, it takes three years and a day before the liquid in the cask can legally be called whisky; in practice, most distillers wait far longer before they’re happy for you to try it.
But just because whisky is a long-term business, that doesn’t make it immune to shifting trends, or incapable of responding to them. At a time when many prioritise paying the bills over what might appear to be a frivolous indulgence, it’s encouraging to see that you c

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From Tibet to Italy: The fascinating stories of the world’s oldest vines

03-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

The centenary vine of Magrè in Alto Adige. Now 416 years old, the latest example to come to light was officially certified by Guinness World Records last September as the world’s oldest ‘wild’ grapevine. The plant is found in Zuoba Village, Tibet, at an elevation of roughly 2,400m. Rising to around eight metres, with a ground girth of 2.09m and a trunk diameter of 67cm, the vine’s variety is yet to be determined.
‘We are currently carrying out gene resequenci

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Decanter magazine December 2025: See what's inside

03-12-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Born to do it
Leader: Amy Wislocki, Magazine Editor
My father started his own business, a haulage contractor firm, in the year of my birth. I think he hoped, as it grew from a single lorry to a fleet, that one day he would pass it on to one of his three daughters. In the event we all took different paths, and he ended up selling the company.
What if the family business had been wine? As a wine lover, I often read with envy about a younger generation taking the reins at a successful estate in a

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Go-to Spanish wines recommended by the Decanter team

03-12-2025 07:00 via decanter.com

Sparkling
Raventós i Blanc, Conca del Riu Anoia Blanc de Blancs, Penedès, CataloniaRecommended by Ines Salpico
£25.99 Hay Wines, Hedonism, Hic, WineTrust
Why? Produced from Macabeu, Xarel.lo, Parellada and, since 2023, Malvasia de Sitges. Crunchy fruit, a flinty lining and delicious texture make this an elegant yet no-nonsense fizz – very much like its winemaker Pepe Raventòs.
When? I love opening this on a Saturday afternoon while cooking. It then transitions ea

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Bold? Brash? Restaurateur Drew Nieporent Is a Lot of Things, But Don’t Call Him Difficult

02-12-2025 19:00 via winespectator.com

Drew Nieporent was for decades a leading and groundbreaking restaurateur, primarily in New York City. He opened more than 40 restaurants, including Nobu, Montrachet and Tribeca Grill, each groundbreaking, each ahead of its time, and, despite the big name appeal, each driven by quality in both food and wine.Nieporent wasn’t just a glad-hander or finance guy or maître d’. He did everything from jotting down concepts on cocktail napkins to finalizing menus with culinary talen

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