In this issue

My top 20 Langhe Nebbiolo
These Piedmont reds offer approachable drinking as well as good value, says Aldo Fiordelli.

Brunello di Montalcino 2019
Michaela Morris is captivated by the new releases from a five-star vintage. Read her expert view, value picks and vintage highlights.

Regional profile: Polkadraai Hills
Tim Atkin MW explains why the area is a must-discover for those who value elegance in their wines..

Wine wisdom

Our regular learning section helps you get more from your glass

6 mins

Around ABRUZZO

A stunning, under-explored, year-round destination with an extraordinary natural setting, Abruzzo’s appeal lies in its rustic villages and a sunny-natured, hospitable local character

4 mins

UMBRIA A wine lover's guide

In the heart of Italy lies an undulating landscape dotted with hilltop villages and draped with olive groves, where winemakers are breathing new life into long-neglected indigenous grape varieties

6 mins

Lessons in LAMBRUSCO

Coming from the same region of northern Italy as some of the world’s most famous names in food, the wide range of Lambrusco wines provide ample scope for complementing meals both local and international, while refreshing the palate, too

5 mins

Sustainable cocktails THE FUTURE?

In every industry, it's pretty much the hottest topic right now, but what does the S-word mean when it comes to cocktail-making? Leading experts give us their take and share eco-conscious recipes to replicate at home

5 mins

VENTOUX AOC The rising star of the Rhône

The Southern Rhone appellation is emerging as a community-led force of innovation and sustainability.

4 mins

Polkadraai Hills

This lesser-known corner of South Africa’s Stellenbosch region is starting to turn heads, thanks to its special soils and a close-knit community of talented young winemakers

10 mins

BY FARR

The enigmatic Nick Farr, of Australia's celebrated By Farr winery, is famously reluctant to entertain the wine media or submit samples for tasting. So we jumped at an opportunity to visit the family estate in Geelong to taste some of the country's most sought-after Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

9 mins

Brunello di Montalcino 2019: 30 picks from a 5-star vintage

It's a vintage to bring cheer to Tuscany lovers' hearts, and the first of what is being billed as a strong run of three to come. The successful 2019 Brunello wines offer richness, balance and immediate appeal while also managing to avoid excess

10+ mins

Brunello di Montalcino 2019

It's a vintage to bring cheer to Tuscany lovers' hearts, and the first of what is being billed as a strong run of three to come. The successful 2019 Brunello wines offer richness, balance and immediate appeal while also managing to avoid excess

4 mins

Italy's FUTURE GREATS

If you want to know about rising-star winemakers, who better to ask than producers in the same region who have been at the vanguard for decades? We invited 10 major names in Italian wine to highlight their pick of the top up-and-coming producers in their respective regions

10+ mins

Aldo Fiordelli - 'Deep historical reasons connect Italians to the bitter taste in wine'

In Italy, soils are rich in magnesium, which is responsible for the bitterness in wines,’ Lydia Bourguignon told me in Franciacorta, on the sidelines of the presentation by founder Maurizio Zanella of the redisgorged 1980 Annamaria Clementi Franciacorta cuvée at Ca’ del Bosco last October.

3 mins

Andrew Jefford Without the younger generation we'll lose farming as it exists here'

Airy, it was: a high saddle at the seaward end of the Mayacamas ridge. The newly planted vineyards splayed upwards from the crux of tracks that met there.

3 mins

A drink with...Michele Faro

Mount Etna has rapidly become one of the world’s most talked-about wine regions. In a short span, wines from its black soil have reached unprecedented heights, but the rush to the volcano puts quality at risk, believes the owner of Etna winery Pietradolce

2 mins

Uncorked

A snapshot of what’s happening in the world of wine

2 mins

Inside a professional's everyday life

What’s the best thing about your job? The versatility. Every day is different. Working across nursery propagation, grape farming, winemaking, marketing, travel and research and development. It’s never boring.

2 mins

Navarra

From its famed bull-running capital to its dry and rocky badlands, this northern Spanish region is blessed with a wide variety of international grapes, but its indigenous Garnacha is the rising star

2 mins

Pedalling Priorat A Catalonia cycling guide

For the firm of thigh, pedal power may be the best way to experience the switchbackstrewn landscape of Priorat. With wines as exquisite as the hills of the Costa Daurada are steep, it’s surely worth saddling up for this two-wheeled adventure

7 mins

British rums

Craft distillers in the UK are turning their enthusiastic attention to a spirit that’s usually associated with tropical climes... We explore the burgeoning British rum scene and recommend six bottles to try

6 mins

FIVE OF THE BEST

New-wave vodkas

2 mins

UKRAINE A wine odyssey

Fully committed and determined is perhaps understating it when it comes to the winemakers of Ukraine. Appearing more widely now in the UK and other markets, theirs are wines that feature familiar grape names along with a whole cast of new varieties, styles and geographies waiting to be discovered

5 mins

Hundred Acre

In arare in-depth interview granted to Decanter, we meet the dauntless Jayson Woodbridge. The founder of Hundred Acre is a controversial figure in the Napa Valley, yet the wine community can’t ignore the fact that his wines are celebrated by pundits the world over

9 mins

Understanding Castilla y León

This wide expanse of territory in Spain’s northwest incorporates at least three major DO regions and numerous others, giving huge scope for wine exploration, with many styles to choose from. Here we discover the producers, wines and latest trends to look out for

10+ mins

XAREL·LO RISING HIGH

Spain's answer to white Burgundy? Its more passionate advocates like to argue so.For a long time lost in an ocean of nondescript Cava, Xarel·lo is now emerging as one of Spain's most lauded native white grapes

10 mins

Wine wisdom

Our regular learning section helps you get more from your glass

5 mins

Northern Rhône 2022

The 2022 vintage is full of surprises and couldn't be more different to 2021. Variations in style make choosing which wines to buy a bit of a challenge, but having tasted more than 1,200 wines, Decanter's Rhône expert has done the work in pinpointing the best buys of the vintage

10 mins

Telmo Rodríguez

Determined to create a new conversation around Rioja, the prolific and world-renowned winemaker teamed up with six of his growers to make a range in which each wine is imbued with a distinct sense of its place of origin

8 mins

Hugh Johnson 'There is real excitement to be found among neglected grape varieties'

Gondolas were everywhere. That’s what they call the skips brimming with the harvest – the Venetian analogy presumably from the fact that they both turn up at the ends.

1 min

Andrew Jefford 'Biodynamically grown, artisanally crafted - and free of chemicals, of course. Not so'

Welcome; come in. Please sit. Here’s a complex mixture of chemical compounds in solution, served in a black-glass beaker. It won’t kill you; trust me. Have a sip.

2 mins

Marinela Ivanova

Beverage manager, residential ship

2 mins

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