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Maison Passerelle Opens in Printemps in New York City

17-04-2025 17:37 via winespectator.com

Who’s behind it: The first U.S. location of luxury French department store Printemps debuted last month in New York City. Located inside the Art Deco One Wall Street building in Manhattan’s Financial District, the department store features five dining options from rising restaurant group Kent Hospitality Group. The flagship is Maison Passerelle, led by chef Gregory Gourdet, a three-time James Beard award winner. As culinary director, Gourdet is responsible for the other dining o

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Bubbly News—Sparkling and White Wine Could Protect Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest

07-05-2025 21:06 via winespectator.com

Decades of research have linked moderate wine consumption to cardiovascular health benefits. Many of those studies have focused on the impact of red wine, which is rich in antioxidant organic compounds called polyphenols. But a new study gives fans of white and sparkling wines good reason to cheer. Looking specifically at sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), researchers found that drinking Champagne and white wine was strongly associated with a lower risk.SCA is the sudden loss of all heart activit

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A Perfect Storm for Bordeaux Futures: 2024 Pricing and Analysis

06-05-2025 23:30 via winespectator.com

Bordeaux’s latest futures campaign is here and some of the top wineries in the world are slashing prices for their latest vintage. Some of those prices are the lowest the wine world has seen in more than a decade. Yet it might not be enough to entice customers. Could this be another lost campaign for the French region?The premise of Bordeaux en primeurs is fairly simple: The top wineries sell futures the spring after harvest, while the wines are still aging in barrels. They get cash up fro

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Bordeaux 2024: Cheval Blanc cuts price by nearly 30%

06-05-2025 13:21 via decanter.com

Cheval Blanc 2024 was released on Tuesday (6 May) at €276 per bottle ex-négociant. Data from Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade, showed it is the lowest en primeur release price for this famous grand vin since the 2008 vintage.
UK merchants offered Cheval Blanc 2024 at around £1,650 per six-bottle case in-bond (IB), around 29% below the debut price of the St-Emilion estate’s 2023 vintage in last year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign.
Other top names rele

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Hacienda López de Haro: Rioja’s modern classics

06-05-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Nothing exemplifies this better than Hacienda López de Haro’s Classica range, a special selection of exceptional Gran Reservas that pays tribute to the golden age of Rioja winemaking – wines that should excite all Spanish wine collectors.
Born in the vineyards
Hacienda López de Haro perches on a steep slope overlooking the historic town of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Here in the foothills of Rioja Alta’s Sierra de Toloño, the winery is surrounded

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Marqués de Riscal: Finding new life in old vines

06-05-2025 08:00 via decanter.com

Successful vineyards can sometimes become factories: vines are planted and then harvested to exhaustion, producing large quantities of grapes before being uprooted as soon as their yields start to decline, to make way for the next generation of workhorse plants. Marqués de Riscal does something very different. The iconic Spanish winemaker, which traces its roots back to 1858 and was voted Best Vineyard in the World in 2024, places a special value on its old vines. Marqués de Riscal i

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Carl Doumani, Former Owner of Stags’ Leap Winery and Quixote, Dies at 92

05-05-2025 20:08 via winespectator.com

Carl Doumani, an iconoclastic and charismatic Napa Valley vintner who led both Stags’ Leap Winery and Quixote Winery, died on April 22, in his Napa Valley home. He was 92 and had been battling Alzheimer’s disease for several years.Doumani was a charismatic entrepreneur, unafraid to pivot to new paths in his life and career. He was born in 1932, in Los Angeles, to Peter and Lillian Doumani. As a teenager, he helped build houses for an uncle in real estate. Not long after he enrol

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Sweet like chocolate: Boekenhoutskloof and the creation of a South African icon

05-05-2025 14:26 via decanter.com

Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate BlockThe proverb says that mighty oaks grow from tiny acorns.
For South Africa’s Boekenhoutskloof, it’s a different type of tree… The boekenhout (pronounced book-n-howed) is an indigenous Cape beech.
Literally translated as ‘ravine of the boekenhout’, Boekenhoutskloof was named for these beeches, growing in the furthest southern corner of scenic Franschhoek Valley. The pretty Cape Dutch farmstead, founded in 1776, butts up against the

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Scotch whisky auction sales see ‘sharp correction’

05-05-2025 10:36 via decanter.com

There was a ‘sharp correction’ in the secondary market for single malt Scotch whisky from October last year to January 2025, said Noble & Co.
Its whisky intelligence reports offer one barometer of the market and are mostly based on UK auction sales, alongside some data from auctions in other key hubs, such as Hong Kong.
Its latest report found total transaction value for single malt Scotch whisky fell by ‘a staggering 53%’ in the four months to 31 January 2025, versus

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Italian whisky: A rising industry influenced by wine history

05-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Enrico and Niccolò Chioccioli Altadonna of Winestillery.With wine deeply embedded in the national identity, and high-quality productions spanning anything from liqueurs to artisan beer, Italians are no strangers to the arts of fermentation and distillation. The country’s profound passion for whisky, however, has never managed to trickle down from independent bottlers and whisky clubs to master distillers.
At least not until recently as, since the pioneering launch of Alto Adige&rsqu

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Washington's Puget Sound AVA: Wines worth seeking out

04-05-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

A view of the Cascade Mountains from across the Puget SoundThe Puget Sound is a part of the Salish Sea, a marginal sea, off the Pacific Ocean, which also includes the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, extending north of Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Puget Sound, which stretches from Deception Pass on Whidbey Island in the north to Olympia at the southern end, maintains a moderate maritime climate, creating wines that are uniquely distinct within the state of Washington.
The AV

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Bordeaux 2024 wine styles

03-05-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

The 2024 vintage presents a complex and uneven picture, shaped by a challenging growing season which pushed producers to their limits – both physically, mentally and financially.
You can read our Bordeaux 2024 weather article here.
Unlike the hedonistic, plush and concentrated 2022s or the precise, terroir-driven 2023s the 2024s lean towards a lighter, more fragrant style with moderate alcohol levels and vibrant acidities.To follow all of Decanter’s comprehensive en primeur coverage,

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Tinazzi: Introducing the Veneto to a new generation of palates

02-05-2025 15:00 via decanter.com

The Tinazzi family has been producing wines since 1968, when, in a small cellar in the Veneto, Eugenio Tinazzi and his son Gian Andrea began working according to the simple principles of tradition, innovation and respect for the land.
In the decades since, Tinazzi has expanded its area under vine to almost 60ha; made innovations in its viticulture and winemaking; and opened its doors to guests. All of this relies on the solid foundations of quality and authenticity, today overseen by Gian Andrea

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Stars of Champagne's Côte des Bar

02-05-2025 09:31 via decanter.com

Champagne’s Côte des Bar has been one of the hotspots for independent producers over the last 20 years, with a seemingly constant roll call of new names releasing their first wines, as well as established producers handing over the keys to the next generation.
Here are five key producers, both celebrated and under-the-radar, whose wines shone in this year’s report on the region.Scroll down for notes and scores from the five stars of the Côte des Bar
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Record-breaking Texas Wine Auction celebrates state-grown success

02-05-2025 07:34 via decanter.com

A 15 litre bottle lot at the Texas Wine Auction and a toast from Decanter's Napa correspondent Jonathan Cristaldi. The fourth annual Texas Wine Auction Foundation kicked off its 2025 festivities on 25 April at the newly opened luxury Albert Hotel in downtown Fredericksburg, Texas, with a live taping of the Texas-based television programme Texas Music Scene. The event featured four Texas country music artists in an intimate night of storytelling and songwriting.
It was a distinctly Texan way to s

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New Zealand 2025 harvest report: A return to form

02-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

A warm, dry spring set the season up well, though a cooler, wetter December and January period tested nerves before settling into a classic Indian summer. While perhaps not as straightforward as the outstanding 2024 vintage, 2025 looks set to produce wines of finesse and charm across the regions and varieties, with the first releases just months away.
Auckland
Michael Brajkovich MW of Kumeu River expressed relief at a ‘normal’ sized vintage after two seasons down by 35-40%. Auckland

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Editors' picks – May 2025

02-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Kaylin Willscott (left) and Julie SheppardInzuzo: The bigger picture
Julie Sheppard
As reported in the April issue, South Africa is a hotbed of exciting young winemaking talent. So I jumped at the chance to meet Kaylin Willscott, assistant winemaker at Journey’s End in Stellenbosch, during her first visit to London.
She was in town to talk about the Inzuzo Wine Co, a community-focused company owned by the workers at Journey’s End. Profits are used to support projects in the nearby vi

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Distilled: Sazerac Barrel Select comes to the UK

02-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Bourbon lovers in the UK can now get their hands on exclusive single barrels, as Sazerac Company has expanded its Sazerac Barrel Select (SBS) programme outside the US for the first time. SBS is a membership-based initiative that invites individuals and small groups to choose and purchase their own single barrel of whiskey. A number of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon barrels have been reserved for the UK, in addition to the existing allocation for the US, where 170,000 people are signed u

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Exclusive press dinner in London launches 2025 DWWA judging week

01-05-2025 13:56 via decanter.com

A DWWA 2024 send-off ahead of Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2025 judging week, Decanter held a special wine pairing dinner at Michelin-starred Angler, a restaurant atop the five-star South Place Hotel in London.
Following a rendition in New York with Decanter’s North America Editor Clive Pursehouse, the London soirée, hosted by DWWA Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW, took place on 30 April 2025.Scroll down to discover DWWA 2024 awarded winesIn the lead up to next week&rsquo

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Decanter meets: Cantina Terlano's Klaus Gasser & Rudi Kofler

01-05-2025 10:04 via decanter.com

Klaus Gasser (commercial director) and Rudi Kofler (technical director and oenologist).Super-premium whites, Primo Grande Cuvée and Rarity – both Platinum Medal winners at the Decanter World Awards and ‘100 pointers’ across the wine press at large – may be Cantina Terlano’s flagship wines, but delve deeper and you’ll find stunning quality and value throughout the entire portfolio.
This exemplary co-operative lies less than 10 kilometres west of Bolzano,

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Champagne Telmont to premiere new lighter-weight bottle at Cannes Film Festival

01-05-2025 09:07 via decanter.com

Ludovic du Plessis, president of Champagne Telmont, at Cannes Film Festival.Champagne Telmont, based in Damery in the Marne Valley, is seeing in its fifth year as official partner of the Cannes Film Festival with its own premiere.
It is the first time its Champagnes will be opened and served from its new 800g bottles, which the producer developed in collaboration with glassmaker Verallia.
Champagne bottles are notably heavier than those of still wines, having most recently been reduced to a stan

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Wildfires threaten Constantia, South Africa’s most historic wine region

01-05-2025 09:04 via decanter.com

Steenberg.Producers in South Africa’s Constantia region joined forces to keep their vineyards safe from devastating wildfires that tore across Table Mountain National Park this past weekend. The silver lining, they all agree, is that the 2025 harvest is safely in barrel and tank.
While 3,000ha of vegetation have been scorched, vineyards are largely unscathed thanks to efforts from both the local farming community as well as the Western Cape’s relief services.
The wildfires first igni

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Wirra Wirra purchases Adelaide Hills producer Hahndorf Hill

01-05-2025 09:02 via decanter.com

Left to right: Matthew Deller, Larry Jacobs andMarc Dobson.Hahndorf Hill specialises in growing cool-climate Austrian grape varieties such as Grüner Veltliner, Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt.
Larry Jacobs and Marc Dobson established the six-hectare estate just outside the German-heritage village of Hahndorf back in 2002.
Hahndorf Hill is now firmly established as ‘Australia’s proud standard bearer for Grüner Veltliner’, according to Decanter’s David Sly.
Wirra

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Italian winery restaurants: Six top venues to try

01-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Ristorante Oseleta in VenetoWineries in Italy have long recognised the need to provide visitors with experiences that tell the story of the cultural and environmental context in which their wines are produced. Today, there are 20 Michelin-starred restaurants dotted across Italy that are associated with wineries: more than 5% of the total number of starred restaurants across the country.
The restaurants I have highlighted in the following pages are just some of the examples of how these haute cui

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A drink with… Julien Viaud

01-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Now, as he builds his own reputation beyond the Rolland legacy, Viaud is stepping further into the spotlight, keen to champion precision winemaking, the importance of site, and a new generation of terroir-focused Bordeaux wines.‘I graduated as an agronomist and oenologist from Montpellier. I could have gone into oil extraction or gemmology, but it was the vine that captivated me – its ability to express place through grape varieties, soils and climate. After managing a vineyard in th

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Malpastor: The fresh face of Rioja from Familia Torres

30-04-2025 14:00 via decanter.com

Julio Carreter, winemaker at La Carbonera.The first thing they teach at shepherd school, one imagines, is not to lose track of the sheep. But that’s exactly what the malpastors, the ‘bad shepherds’ honoured by Familia Torres’ newly launched Rioja label, ended up doing. The distraction? Planting some of Rioja Alavesa’s first vines.
Founded in 1870, Familia Torres has an even longer heritage – the family’s winemaking roots stretch as far back as the 1500s.

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Bordeaux 2024: Angélus joins Lafite with major price cut

30-04-2025 12:43 via decanter.com

Château Angélus 2024 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign on Wednesday morning (30 April) at €180 per bottle ex-négociant, and at around £2,148 per 12-bottle case in bond (IB) in the UK.
Some merchants were offering the wine in six-bottle cases, for £1,074 (IB).
It’s a 31% drop on last year’s debut price for Angélus 2023, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade.To follow all of Decanter’s comprehensive en primeur c

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A Taste of Excellence: Wine aficionados gather for exclusive Decanter preview at Millesima NYC

30-04-2025 10:09 via decanter.com

Wine lovers gathered last week for a special preview tasting at the elegant Millesima USA store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offering a glimpse into the exceptional wines featured in the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter (DFWE) New York, which takes place on Saturday, 7 June.
This exclusive evening allowed a select group of Millesima guests to experience a curated tasting of wines from each masterclass, as well as a broader selection of rare and prestigious bottles from top producers

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Some Paris bars serving cheap wine as premium – report

30-04-2025 10:03 via decanter.com

Several waiters told Le Parisien newspaper anonymously that Paris bar owners had ordered them to replace a more expensive wine with a cheaper version in the glass, to help protect profit margins.
Many outlets and wine professionals take pride in the skilled service they provide to diners and guests, in the French capital and elsewhere, but a team working for Le Parisien concluded it had been served the wrong wine at a handful of venues.
A reporter and two different sommeliers went undercov

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White wine could reduce your risk of cardiac arrest, study claims

30-04-2025 09:57 via decanter.com

Researchers found that white wine can have a ‘cardioprotective effect’ after studying UK Biobank data for 502,094 people.
They uncovered compelling evidence to suggest that making simple lifestyle changes can protect you from experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest.
The investigators found that higher consumption of white wine and Champagne, eating lots of fruit and maintaining a slim waistline can potentially shield you.
Millions of people around the world die each year after experienc

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