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The world-renowned Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (DFWE) makes its spectacular debut in Singapore! On Saturday, 26 October 2024, the prestigious Shangri-La Hotel will transform into a lavish haven for wine enthusiasts and connoisseurs, marking an historic first for this illustrious event in the heart of Southeast Asia. This exclusive one-day event promises an extraordinary experience that will captivate the senses …

Manuel Moraga Ruiz is a Spanish radio personality and journalist. He hosts and directs the programme Degustar España, which airs every Saturday on Radio 5 Todo Noticias, a news channel operated by Radio Nacional de España. He’s also the host and director of Un País de Vino on Radio Exterior de España, an international channel also operated by Radio Nacional. …

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Vineyards at Finca San Blas, Requena At Finca San Blas, sustainability and biodiversity are not abstract goals embraced as a trend; they are the core concepts upon which the estate’s management is based. More than a commercial venture, San Blas is foremost a social and environmental enterprise whose main goal is the preservation of the 600 hectares of lands it …

Regulatory body The Takeover Panel said an Appeal Board has upheld a previous ruling that Balfour-Lynn and two others should pay compensation, following an investigation into share dealings at former property firm MWB Group.  Balfour-Lynn cofounded Balfour Winery, which is renowned for producing award-winning English sparkling wine, in 2002. He is also a property and retail tycoon who formerly owned …

For wine lovers around the globe, a visit to Burgundy promises an unforgettable time – and one of the best places to post up is the small city of Beaune. Located in the heart of the region’s wine-producing epicentre, Beaune provides easy access to countless wineries across Burgundy, as well as a number of vibrant restaurants, wine bars and charming …

Decanter’s Champagne correspondent Tom Hewson makes the case for Champagne’s dark rosés. ‘I want the explosion of the year! I want the madness of the year!’ This is what Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, winemaker at Champagne Geoffroy, says to me on a sunny morning in Aÿ as he pours a wine that, to many casual Champagne drinkers, might ring a few alarm …

The Journey’s End estate sits in a magical location at the southeastern tip of Stellenbosch, facing the Atlantic and overlooked by Helderberg Mountain – Afrikaans for ‘shining mountain’. Its vineyards benefit from a unique terroir, with 350-million-year-old decomposed granite soils and the cooling sea breeze from False Bay, known locally as the ‘Cape Doctor’. Originally from Shropshire, the Gabb family were …

The highly regarded Poggio di Sotto estate was founded in 1969 by Piero Palmucci. Palmucci never planted vines, preferring to build up his estate by buying parcels recommended by his consultant, Giulio Gambelli. In 2011, the Poggio di Sotto estate was bought by Claudio Tipa and integrated into his ColleMassari group of Tuscan properties – Castello ColleMassari in Montecucco, Tenuta …

Willow Creek in Paso Robles, California. Established in 1983, Paso Robles, meaning ‘pass of the oaks’ in Spanish, is a Californian region with 16,500 hectares under vine. Ten years ago, 11 sub-American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) within the greater Paso Robles AVA were approved for use on labels. Conjunctive labelling laws, which have seen success in Napa Valley, require ‘Paso Robles’ …

Flamenco dancers on the move at the Jerez Horse Fair, or Feria del Caballo. The city of Jerez de la Frontera is at the heart of the Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO that shares its name. This is one the oldest wine-producing regions in Spain, thought to have been established by the Phoenicians more than 3,000 years ago. The old part of the …

The new Danbury Ridge site near Canewdon in Essex. Danbury Ridge prospected the land due to its unusual geological make-up. John Atkinson MW, consultant for Danbury Ridge, had noticed the quality of the 2020 Essex vintage ‘despite high rainfall’. This prompted him to research soil properties, initially together with Lee Jones of the British Geological Survey. Atkinson then developed a …

California winemaker Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is voluntarily delisting from the Nasdaq, as the company has been unable to engineer a turnaround after months of turmoil. The Sonoma-headquartered company went public with a $600 million IPO in 2021, led by longtime chief executive Pat Roney. Its share price reached a high of $12.63 …

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. Can you make sparkling wine in Texas?If you can make it in New Mexico… …

Misha’s Vineyard overlooking Lake Dunstan in Bendigo, Central Otago There was a time when you could easily pick a Central Otago Pinot Noir out of a blind line up. The bold, muscular and ripe wine would always be the ticket, its intensity and power reflecting the stark beauty of the landscape. How things change. With less extraction, less oak and …

Cirò, pronounced CHI-roh, is a historical town which gives its name to a DOC for red, white and pink wines made in the Crotone province of Calabria, close to the Ionian coast at the toe of the Italian boot. The Greeks who began colonising the region in the 8th century BC named the area ‘Oenotria’, and the locals ‘Italoi’. By …

Grubbing up vines in Saint-Martin-de-Sescas, in the Gironde region (April 2024). Poor weather has hampered winemakers’ efforts to uproot vines this year as part of a ‘grubbing up’ scheme, said the Bordeaux wine bureau (CIVB).  As of 10 July, more than 3,000 hectares (ha) of Bordeaux vines had been uprooted as part of a ‘sanitary grubbing-up plan’ co-funded by France’s …

National White Wine Day, August 4, is a day to draw attention to our favorite while wines, and I’m in. Wilfred Wong Reviews Top Chardonnays on Wine-Blog seems to be the favorite, still there are so many options! California’s White Wines Still Reign Supreme,” is revealing about buying habits, in Wine Enthusiast Magazine, it’s a […] The post Nat’l White Wine Day, August …

In the summer and autumn of 1945, the vineyards of Bordeaux spoke, against fascism and the Nazi regime, giving the Bordelais something to cheer about and the rest of the free world an iconic vintage by which to remember the end of World War II. What was to follow in the next decade and a half, in this most lauded …

Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of Vinography Unboxed, where I highlight some of the better bottles that have crossed my doorstep recently. This past week included a few nice white wines from around northern California. Let’s start …