Opinion

Walls: Chasing freshness in Ventoux

With over 30 wines tasted...

Baudains: Italy's frizzante tradition returns

With 10 bottles to try...

Karen MacNeil: ‘2023 was as perfect as any Napa vintage in living memory’

Karen MacNeil on a vintage 'no one will ever forget'...

Elin McCoy: ‘Vertical tastings are tantalising: they carry us into the past’

Vertical tastings provide an unparalleled insight into a wine...

Hugh Johnson: ‘A Hermès tie calls for a plain shirt’

Hugh Johnson on choosing wine in a restaurant...

Walls: Exclusive first taste of M Chapoutier's Sélections Parcellaires 2023

What do they tell us about the 2023 vintage...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Barcelona declared a drought emergency on 1 February’

Andrew Jefford on the impact of drought in viticulture...

Baudains: ‘Natural wines don't stink’

With tasting notes & scores for 10 Italian natural wines...

Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Massif d'Uchaux

Aldo Fiordelli: ‘Deep historical reasons connect Italians to the bitter taste in wine’

Aldo Fiordelli on the Italian love for bitterness...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Without the younger generation we’ll lose farming as it exists here’

Andrew Jefford on a new enterprise in Napa...

Walls: Domaine Danjou-Banessy, rising star of Roussillon

Wines to make your heart race...

Walls: Vertical tasting of Château Mont-Redon 1961-2022

Tasting some of the Rhône's longest-lived wines across six decades...

Decanter Bookmarks: Things to read, watch and listen to for wine lovers

The best books, podcasts, films and more for wine lovers...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Global warming appears to have lurched Bordeaux forward into a changed state’

The effect of reliably hot summers in Bordeaux...

Katherine Cole: ‘Yes, we are all doomed to die. But wine won’t do us in’

Katherine Cole on alcohol in moderation...

Walls: Domaine Bonnefond's inspiring next generation

Exceptional wines from Léa Bonnefond...

Walls: Exploring Côtes du Rhône Villages Séguret

Including 22 reds and whites to try...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Biodynamically grown, artisanally crafted – and free of chemicals, of course. Not so’

Andrew Jefford on chemicals in wine...

Walls: The importance of drinking windows over scores

Matt Walls on how important the drink date is...

Hugh Johnson: ‘There is real excitement to be found among neglected grape varieties’

Hugh Johnson on the merits of forgotten varieties...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Serious wine glasses are intimidating: They’re a prelude to silence and endeavour’

Andrew Jefford on a lighthearted choice of wine glass...

Walls: How to find value in the Rhône

Five tip-offs you need to know about...

Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘For an emerging region, success with a grape like Chardonnay proves tricky’

Winemaking in Virginia...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Places and origins build the architecture of scent, shape and flavour in a wine’

Place and origins are critical in wines...

Matt Walls: My top wines of 2023

Our Rhône correspondent's top picks of 2023...

Matt Walls: M Chapoutier Chante-Alouette vertical tasting

14 vintages of Chapoutier's majestic white Hermitage...

Joe Warwick: ‘Come Christmas, there’s a painfully challenging spike in the tired and emotional drinker’

Joe Warwick on coping with the ‘festive fatigue’...

Walls: The next step for Jaboulet’s Hermitage La Chapelle

A new chapter for Hermitage La Chapelle...

Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine was so refined and choice that I swallowed, greedily’

Adventures in Canada’s Prince Edward County, Pinot and beyond...