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Decanter World Wine Awards 2026 results are out now! Your essential guide to exceptional wines worldwide, discover who's made the @DecanterAwards list...
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Malta’s oldest known rock-cut wine press dates back to around 500 BCE, and wine amphorae from a Phoenician shipwreck go back even further. Sylvia Wu on Malta’s hidden and historic wine story. 🍷

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A beer bartender goes wine. Taela, 23, from Fremantle, splashed out on a Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend from Cullen Wines. Verdict: “light and fresh but also interesting.” She’d definitely buy it again. 🍷

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Forget the jammy, oak-laden Pinots of the early 2000s. Today’s New Zealand Pinot Noirs are fresher, sleeker and increasingly savoury. Emma Jenkins MW’s smart buyer’s guide, with a 2024 and 2025 vintage worth seeking out. 🍷

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Think of these five Ocado bottles as the autumn/winter capsule wardrobe of your drinks cabinet. Tina Gellie picks a Montenegrin gin, an Ottolenghi alcohol-free aperitivo, a UK sparkling Sauvignon Blanc, a Moldovan Saperavi and an Italian brandy. 🍷

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Niagara was once synonymous with one drink: ice wine. Now it’s Canada’s answer to Bordeaux or Napa, with Michelin-starred dining and architecturally dramatic tasting rooms, just 90 minutes from Toronto. Alicia Miller’s guide. 🍷

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Maranges is a Burgundy where you can still walk in, taste with the grower and buy at the cellar door. Village wines start around €15, and most premiers crus cost €20-€40. Chris Howard on the Côte’s youngest appellation. 🍷

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What are the best US wines of 2026? Find out as @Decanter reveals its annual Top 50 US Wines, recognizing year-defining bottles. To celebrate the 2026 list, we’re giving away 2 tickets to a 2027 Decanter Fine Wine Encounter tasting event. 🍷

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From truffle-season lunches at three-Michelin-starred Mirazur to a limited-edition Château Lagrange magnum and a Lalique-filled suite in Courchevel, Lane Nieset rounds up winter’s most indulgent food and wine escapes. ❄️

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Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula and New York’s Finger Lakes sit on nearly the same parallel, and both are betting on Cabernet Franc. “For years, Cabernet Franc was the grape we blended away. Now it’s the one we’re most excited to bottle on its own.” 🍷

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396 Grosses Gewächs wines, 250 experts, three days in the Wiesbaden Kurhaus. Caro Maurer MW picks the 30 best dry German wines from the 2026 releases, with Riesling the star and Pinot Noir not far behind. 🍷

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“I feel like I was born to do this.” Manfred Ing grew up in KwaZulu-Natal, nowhere near a vineyard, and now leads Tuscan trailblazer Querciabella. He’ll host a lunch at tomorrow's Decanter’s Fine Wine Encounter London.🍷

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Eccles cake, Lancashire cheese and a glass of Madeira at 11am? Gareth Birchley’s three-day itinerary for a perfect vinous weekend in London runs from the Wolseley’s devilled kidneys to a Sunday roast at The Harwood Arms. 🍷

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Frozen lemon pasta is having a moment. Victoria Moore’s pairing: a reasonably acidic wine, like mountain Pinot Grigio, Gavi, Falanghina or Greek Assyrtiko. Plus what to pour with ragù, Milanese and more. 🍋

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Southern Italy offers “one of the best quality-to-price ratios” for UK shoppers. Jason Millar picks 20 great buys from Sardinia to Puglia, from tangy Grillo to chillable Frappato. 🍷

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“I want to work at Château Margaux, please give me an internship.” One bottle of Château Margaux 1996 set Aurélien Valance on the path from intern to MD. He takes the helm of the first growth on 1 December. 🍷

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One fewer bottle, same rigour. 🏆 DWWA 2027 entries are now open, with three bottles per entry for the first time, a frozen £172 fee and lower shipping costs. Early-bird offer ends 29 January.

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“Every bottle of organic, biodynamic, regeneratively farmed or bee-friendly wine we buy is a vote for protecting the land.” Natalie Earl on using our buying power as a form of stewardship. 🌿

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“Obviously, there was no textbook.” What does it take to start a wine region from scratch? Jacopo Mazzeo meets pioneers in Colombia, Bali and Sweden. 🍷

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Etna once had more than 90,000 hectares of vineyard. Today it has 1,347. James Button on how Etna and Marsala shed their mass market pasts to become two of Italy’s most exciting terroir-driven regions. 🌋

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His first Champagne? Dom Pérignon 1996 and Salon 1996, poured by his boss after a busy service. Lasse Peder Nielsen of two-Michelin-starred Koan in Copenhagen is our latest Meet the Sommelier. 🥂

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