Ben Chan is a judge at the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards. Benjamin Chan Ben Chan Ben Chan has over 15 years experience of working throughout various sectors of the wine industry, including winemaking in his native country of Australia as well as Austria and France. Currently located in London, Ben works as the Level 3 Portfolio Lead at WSET. Ben …

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As new research emerges challenging established ideas on the evolution of Vitis vinifera, Stuart Walton ponders the origins of wine, and the branch of vinous history that can be traced back to Armenia’s Areni-1 cave in the World of Fine Wine. Since moving to lightweight glass bottles in 2010, Tablas Creek Vineyard has saved more than $2.2 million. In TRINK Magazine, Jordan Michelman …

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Bidders at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2023 auction. Total sales at last weekend’s Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2023 charity auction hit €3.6m (£3.2m), up by 45% on last year’s event, said organisers. They were partly helped by a Burgundy 2022 vintage that has been described as both generous in quantity and promising in quality. ‘More generous than in previous years, the …

Hewson joins Decanter’s team of expert writers to provide comprehensive coverage of this classic wine region. He writes about Champagne and sparkling wine on his blog and newsletter, Six Atmospheres, and authored Tim Atkin MW’s Champagne report and English wine report in 2022. With his finger on the pulse of this dynamic region, Hewson is well placed to unpick and …

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Anyone who has spent time in the Rioja region will be familiar with its main speciality: grilled lamb cooked over an open fire made from vine cuttings. It’s extraordinarily good – the meat is young and tender and harmonises perfectly with the local Tempranillo-based wines. But although the region’s food is traditionally quite simple, rustic and based on a wealth …

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The Dingle Distillery in southwest Ireland. Irish whiskey is the drink that refused to die, despite being buffeted by the winds of history and pounded by the tides of fashion. Once a whisky colossus that easily outsold its Scottish counterpart, it descended into disfavour and near destruction, before undergoing a triumphant renaissance in the 21st century. Dublin in the Victorian …

Daphne Teremetz is a wine buyer at UK grocer Waitrose, responsible for Bordeaux, Loire, Rho?ne and Alsace, and previously regional France, Burgundy and South America, too. Born in northern France, she is based in London and is a DWWA judge for French categories. How did you get here? I grew up partly in France, where wine was a big part …

Pierre and Bernard Burgaud. In Bordeaux it’s not unusual to walk through echoey corridors stacked floor to ceiling with bottles of older wines. But the culture in the northern Rhône is different. Most producers will squirrel away a few cases for special occasions, but winemakers usually sell through an entire vintage rather than hold a proportion back. It’s understandable. A …

There are few things better than whiling away the hours picnicking in a sun-drenched vineyard, sampling fantastic wines. That’s just a taste of what can be expected on our exclusive Rhône Valley wine tour this June with Walls. We’re down to the last handful of places following the popularity of last year’s trip so if a luxury wine tour is …

A lovely, delicate Pinot, with aromas of fresh violet opening to elegantly multilayered raspberry, guava and forest floor accents, which glide on the graceful finish. Drink now through 2031. 3,388 cases made. Source : f2b4ac802580d528e0be04c6b1aee736

This has an appealing supple, fleshy texture to the mango, salted melon and white peach notes, with a hint of litsea oil and feijoa fruit. Finishes with a touch of dried sage and fresh acidity. Drink now. 62,980 cases imported. Source : 71f2d40be21974e46678c928d8977346