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Mass evacuations in northern Sonoma County affected winemakers, alongside other residents, as firefighters battled to protect lives and property by containing the Kincade fire at the end of October 2019. Soda Rock Winery described the ‘tremendous hea

How does Decanter concern itself with the environmentally conscious wine consumer? I see very little in your articles to suggest any concern at all. Admittedly there was a recent report about the March 2019 Porto Climate Change conference (July 2019

Famously, Château Haut-Brion was the only red wine outside the Médoc region to be recognised in the 1855 Grands Crus Classés ranking. But there was a second estate, just a few miles to the south in the (then) region of Graves, that played an equally

'People keep saying: “Washington is an up-and-coming wine region”. We are no longer up and coming; we’ve made it and we’re here to stay!’ It was a rousing statement by Quilceda Creek winemaker Alex Stewart at a seminar in Seattle, where some of Wash

The Penglai Pagoda is one of China’s most famous tourist spots, known as the landing place of the legendary Eight Immortals in Chinese mythology and today classified as an AAAAA Scenic Area by the National Tourism Administration. Situated on one of t

The people of Extremadura like to remark on how neatly their home region’s name fits its characteristics. This is an extreme place, they say, with a knowing smile – extreme and hard: extrema y dura. They’re talking about the climate out here on the b

'I’m 50 this year – oh my God! At 50 you suddenly think, “I’ve passed the halfway mark”. But I don’t feel old at all.’ Neither does he look it. Barruol was playing in rugby tournaments (fly half) until the age of 48, and looks ready to receive a ball

The first thing visitors are taken to see at Bodega Encina Blanca is a curious granite rock just outside the winery. It is carved with a narrow groove leading to a Roman-era lagar, which allowed grapes to be crushed by foot and begin their fermentati

For any wine lover, Christmas offers the opportunity to bring out the best bottles in the cellar – but is this the wisest strategy? The truth is that the Christmas meal, with its stuffing, sauces and sides, is a bit of a wine killer – and there may w

New World wine is a useful shorthand in the absence of anything better, but it can seem strangely inappropriate when talking about vineyards dating back 330 years and a wine, Constantia, that was already a phenomenon in the 18th century, at which tim

Sparkling wines (and ciders) have been produced in England since at least the early 1660s, as papers read to the Royal Society show – and this some years before Dom Pérignon took up his position as ‘cellarar’ at his abbey in France. In the modern era

The usual image of Bordeaux is of wines produced in turreted 19th-century châteaux. And this is true for a little over half of all the region’s production, with the grapes grown and wine made entirely at the estate. But beyond this, there are a whole

WHERE TO FIND IT Encircled by the Bernese Alps, in the shadow of the north face of the Eiger HOW TO GET THERE Fly to Zurich and travel by train or car to Grindelwald in about 2.5 hours Legend has it that it was an Englishman who first skied in Grind

With regular foodie festivals, a thriving arts scene and renowned wine regions on its doorstep, Adelaide offers a creative and vibrant food and drink culture. David Sly recommends his must-visit highlights Adelaide is defined by wine. Ringed by famo

Below are the most recent merchant case prices (equivalent 12 x 750ml bottles) for wines that are actively traded among a global network of merchants on Liv-ex, the fine wine market. Liv-ex records transactions between its merchant members in the UK,