Inside the September 2024 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES South America’s great Cabernets The continent’s wine heritage owes much to this popular red grape, as Amanda Barnes reports Massal vineyards in Argentina Dr Laura Catena on a unique genetic resource with global significance Carmenère in Chile The surprise discovery that sparked a vinous love affair. By Amanda Barnes Interview: Leo …

Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week. Wine Economics 101: the Three Vs of WineViticulture, Vinification, and Vending. A South African …

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A global collection of wines, signed-off by respective Regional Chairs and Co-Chair. Off we go, into our third decade, and with a spring in our step. The year 2024 saw the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) Co-Chair team swell to five, with the appointment of accomplished wine buyer and consultant Beth Willard; we produced, for the first time, a written …

Giovanni Manetti [credit drw] Giovanni Manetti, President of the Chianti Classico Consorzio, is known internationally for his stellar wine and for guiding the Consorzio through a major change, the establishment of communal appellations, UGAs. However, the family is also known in Tuscany for manufacturing terra cotta tiles, which the Manettis have been doing since about 1650.  We’ve reviewed Fontodi’s wines …

Founded in 1926 in Elciego (Rioja), Muriel has long been a force of innovation, always with a nod to tradition – as with its Viña Eguía project. Having started as a single, eponymous winery, Muriel Wines has evolved to become one of Spain’s leading wine groups, and now counts several of the country’s most recognisable estates and brands under its …

Virginia’s vineyards. In June, big news shook the Virginia wine world: the Bouygues family, owner of top Bordeaux second growth Château Montrose, bought RdV Vineyards, marking their first acquisition outside of France. RdV Vineyards, named for the founder Rutger de Vink, stood in as a ‘first growth’ for the state, with a small production of highly allocated wines asking close …

Keith Prowse offer luxury hospitality at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Imagine this, a crisp autumn afternoon, a relaxed and cosy ambience and a delicious glass of merlot from Laibach Vineyards in hand. You’re dining on a four-course menu designed by a Michelin star chef, but there’s excitement and anticipation in the air. You’d be forgiven for thinking you were in one …

Luma Monteiro DipWSET is a judge at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Luma MonteiroLuma Monteiro Luma Monteiro DipWSET is a wine judge, buyer, and wine communicator. After ten years of working in a multinational mining company as a senior buyer, she moved to the UK in 2016 to work exclusively with wine. She has varied experiences in the …

INTRODUCTION Welcome Plus, how to read the results Reflections on the results Expect the unexpected, says Co-Chair Andrew Jefford as he shares his thoughts on this year’s roll-call of winners DWWA by numbers Key stats from this year’s competition, including a breakdown showing how medals were shared out geographically The judging process Discover how our judging panels conduct the tastings and …

Head sommelier at Restaurant Pine (one Michelin and one Green Michelin star), in Northumberland, Vanessa Stoltz was raised in Alsace. Her father worked in the trade and she picked up the family passion for wine early, developing it into a fledgling career during a season in the vineyards of Sancerre. Vanessa moved to England in 2016 to become a sommelier, …

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Felipe Rutini’s journey began when he emigrated from the Italian region of Marche, where his family were winemakers and he studied agriculture. Once in Argentina, Rutini saw that his future lay in Mendoza – a place where he recognised the potential to make exceptional wines. In 1885, Rutini founded Bodega La Rural, which was to become one of the most …

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