Costières de Nîmes AOC is the most southerly appellation in the Rhône valley, nestled at the edge of the Rhône delta, in the hills overlooking the Camargue, with vineyards as little as 20km (12.5 miles) to the Mediterranean sea. The appellation is best understood as two halves, either side of a large hill: a south-facing half facing the sea, and …

Edward Ragg MW is a new judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Edward Ragg MW, Ph.D.Edward Ragg MW Edward co-founded Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting in Beijing with his wife and partner Fongyee Walker MW in 2007. Having read English at Oxford University, Edward began blind-tasting at Cambridge whilst writing an M.Phil. and, later, Ph.D. dissertation on American …

Whether you’re looking to fête the start of 2025 in the utmost style or still planning this year’s calendar, we’ve pulled together some of the most decadent ways to celebrate the end of the winter season and beyond – because why should the party stop after New Year’s Eve? If you’re still trying to find a gift for that family …

In March 1933 millions of Americans toasted President Franklin D. Roosevelt after he repealed the Prohibition. National morale was at rock bottom amid the Great Depression, so the new president declared: ‘I think this would be a good time for a beer.’ Ninety-two years later, the spectre of prohibition looms over the nation once again. This time, the new president …

Nicola Chiucchiurlotto in his vineyard It’s the iconic greeting you get when you walk into The Varsity, a hotdog and milkshake joint in Atlanta: ‘What’ll ya have?’ It’s a mix of southern US charm and the casualness of a friend: it lets you drop your shoulders and relax – no pressure or judgement. And this is the question, with all …