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The year after its momentous centenary celebration, producers in DOCa Rioja are going through what some might call a ‘post-celebratory…

Cycling in Western Slovenia’s wine countrySun-drenched slopes. Gentle hills sloping into fertile valleys. Terraced vineyards, orchards and olive groves. Every…

The allure of Rioja’s barrel-aged Crianza and Reserva wines has always been their consistency and unpretentious, approachable classicism. This is…

I’m not a Sauvignon Blanc denier, but I am all too often disappointed with thin, one-dimensional examples. At its best,…

While a high-quality baseline determined the tone and rhythm of this report, some producers stood out through wines that not…

The sparkling-wine story that emerged from this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) results unfolded like a good drama. Champagne,…

There’s a stretch of road I always dread when I’m on my way to Rioja from Castilla y León. As…

Humans have a strange predilection for new, young, unblemished things. In viticulture, economics tends to reward a focus on productivity…

The eye traces the Loire from its mouth in Muscadet to Sancerre in the east. Pulled into Burgundy’s current, we’re…

With the Round of 32 matches all finished up, we’re getting into the dark heart of the knockouts now as…