Decanter

Published by TI Media Limited The world’s best wine magazine. It is simply the “wine bible”. Every month it provides recommendations on the world’s finest wines and tells you where you can find them. From top Bordeaux to the best value wine on the shelf, Decanter guides you through a maze of wine to help you find the right wine for you. It also offers interviews with leading wine personalities, in-depth guides to the wine regions and the latest wine news.

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Decanter

Meet the Decanter experts

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

Andrew Jefford • ‘At that moment, it sunk in. Yes, the Sherry world has changed’

Melody Wong • ‘There is still a long way to go to fix the industry’

Great Cabernets of South America • Other varieties may hog the limelight across South America, but the world’s most popular grape for red wines has played a critical role in the continent’s wine heritage. We trace Cabernet Sauvignon’s story here, and recommend 16 benchmark wines to try

A resource for the world? • Argentina is unique in the genetic diversity preserved in much of its vine material. With climate change and disease posing increasing threats worldwide, Catena Zapata winery is asking what lessons can be learned to protect vineyards within and beyond the nation’s borders

Carmenère 30 YEARS IN CHILE • The unanticipated discovery in the Maipo Valley of this now-signature grape was Chilean wine’s defining moment. Three decades on, some of the country’s leading winemakers reflect on how they made a lost French variety their own

Leo Erazo • The old vines and special terroir of Itata, southern Chile, have been a source of inspiration for this intrepid winemaker. The 2023 fires were a setback, but his commitment to this ancient wine land is undiminished

10 reasons to discover Uruguay • Squeezed between Brazil and Argentina on the Atlantic coast, Uruguay has mostly flown under the tourist radar – until now. Once dubbed ‘the Switzerland of the Americas’, it’s a welcoming country that has much to offer the travelling wine lover

Napa Cabernet 2021 • There’s a lot of excitement about this vintage, in which conditions were relatively calm and temperatures stable through summer. Ongoing drought reduced yields but intensified flavours, but it means quantities are down and you may need to act fast to secure top wines. Our Napa correspondent selects 60 great wines from more than 500 that he tasted, with many very high scores

Roussanne around the world • Up for a challenge? For winemakers as much as wine drinkers, getting a handle on a mercurial grape such as Roussanne isn’t easy. But wherever it’s grown, when the balance is right, it truly repays the effort

RIBERA ADOPTS THE NEW OLD WAYS • It’s not so much a new direction for winemakers in Ribera del Duero, but a growing recognition that traditional methods and wine styles set aside by the previous generation can now provide a way ahead to revitalise the region

Malvasia A BUYER’S GUIDE • If ever a grape was hard to pin down, it’d be Malvasia. Indeed it’s not even a single grape variety. In all of its many varied, and often completely unrelated guises, it has been the mainstay of popular wine styles across the centuries. Our expert takes a closer look…

IN THE MIX • These days most of the world’s vineyards are planted to just a single variety, but what happens when multiple varieties are planted, harvested and blended together?

Distilled • Your guide to the latest trends in spirits and cocktails

Clear contenders • Top-end tequilas tend to be aged añejo styles, but a new breed of premium blancos is putting agave centre-stage, while cristalinos are introducing a new generation of drinkers to another side of tequila

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