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Ruggeri celebrates its diamond jubilee

08-04-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

For some wineries innovation is optional: for Ruggeri it is indispensable. Founded on 26th June 1950 by the dynamic Giustino Bisol and his cousin Luciano Ruggeri, the firm has played a decisive role in the evolving story of Valdobbiadene and its outstanding terroirs.
Sparkling wines of incredible finesse and breathtaking intensity are its trademark, produced in an UNESCO World Heritage site. Today, 75 years on from its founding, buoyed by global recognition and a plethora of international awards

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Duckhorn Refocuses Business on Core Wines, Trimming Some Brands and Tasting Rooms

08-05-2025 16:00 via winespectator.com

In a sign of challenging times in the wine business, executives at one of California wine’s biggest success stories in recent decades, the Duckhorn Portfolio, are refocusing their attention on the seven top-selling brands in their company. That means four other brands could eventually disappear from the market. The company is also reducing the number of tasting rooms it operates.The news came in a statement on May 6. The seven top-selling brands include its core four labels—Duckhorn

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California shakedown: The wine glut taxing California's wine scene

08-05-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

Piles of grubbed-up Chardonnay vines in Santa Barbara County. Credit: George Rose/Getty ImagesWine is a rarity – a splendid, value-added substance built upon an agricultural commodity. There is also, for the time being, far too much of it.
The 2024 growing season in California, my 17th vintage making wine, was gorgeous. Plentiful winter rain set the vines up for success. The summer then brought warm, dry days with cool nights – perfect for even ripening.
Relatively few heat spells an

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Meet the sommelier... Carlton McCoy

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

After honing his skill in several revered institutions, including Thomas Keller’s Per Se, in 2011, Carlton joined The Little Nell in Aspen, Colorado, working his way up to wine director and overseeing the hotel’s 20,000-bottle wine cellar. He became president and CEO of Heitz Cellar in 2018. Today, he’s the CEO of Lawrence Wine Estates, a portfolio that includes Heitz and Haynes Vineyard in Napa and Château Lascombes in Bordeaux.
Carlton McCoy profile image credit: Mike B

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What to pair with food of the American South

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

Shrimp and grits, as prepared by Jamie Crotts of Limestone
Wines. A batch of good collard greens (spring greens in the UK) takes hours to make. It’s a fuss, but one any Southerner is proud to make.
First, you must carefully clean each individual leaf. Then you stew and simmer the greens in stock and bacon fat with a smoked ham hock and plenty of onions and garlic. After several hours, the greens break down, scenting the air with meat and warmth. They’re eaten sopped up with a piece o

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Spring is in the air: Asti season is here

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

Credit: Riccardo PiazzaAs the natural world reawakens, the carefree spirit of spring finds its perfect expression in the vibrant, floral wines of Asti. It’s an ideal time to raise a glass to new beginnings, marking celebrations – bank holidays, picnics and street parties – with a wine that embodies the season.
Imagine springtime in a glass: low in alcohol, gently sparkling and produced in styles ranging from brut nature to dolce. The Moscato Bianco grape – shared by all t

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First vintage from Bhutan fetches $74,250 at auction

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

The Bhutan Wine Company's GorTshalu vineyard.A massive 7.57-litre bottle nicknamed ‘The Himalayan’ sold for $18,750 at the world’s first auction of wine made in the mountainous kingdom of Bhutan.
Only two of the giant bottles – the volume of which represents the height in kilometres of Gangkhar Puensum, the world’s highest unclimbed mountain – were filled, with the second due to be given to the King of Bhutan.
The grapes used to make The Himalayan were harvest

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Best wine buys at Tesco

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

Last year Tesco carried out a massive overhaul of its wine range, making space for 130 new offerings. Since then it has brought a new Master of Wine into its buying team, Beth Kelly MW, and has rejigged some of the team’s responsibilities.
As you would expect in such an enormous wine range, there are high points and low points. You won’t find a wine that has been badly made – there’s far too much competition to be on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarket for

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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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Bordeaux 2024: Montrose sweeps into view with 29% price cut

07-05-2025 13:02 via decanter.com

Decanter's Bordeaux editor, Georgie Hindle, tasting at Montrose this primeurs.Château Montrose, Château Talbot and Château La Gaffelière lead another day of 2024 en primeur releases. All three estates have offered cuts in price versus their 2023 releases.
Since the release of Château Lafite Rothschild last week, cuts have (mostly) been deep across the board with each new offer.
Consultancy group, Wine Lister, noted today that: ‘So far in the 2024 campaign, ex

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A perfect weekend in Cyprus: The Commandaria Wine Route

07-05-2025 12:28 via decanter.com

Renowned as a nectar of the Gods, Commandaria claims the status of the oldest wine still in production, according to Guinness World Records.
Furthermore, this sweet dessert wine, first perfected by the Knights of St John in 1192, is only made in 14 select Cypriot villages high in the Troodos Mountains, which are nicknamed the ‘green heart of Cyprus’.
Last year marked the wine’s 800th anniversary – it allegedly won the world’s first-ever wine competition, the ‘

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DWWA 2025: Wines from 57 countries under review at the world’s largest wine competition

07-05-2025 09:55 via decanter.com

Co-Chair Andrew Jefford signing off a Gold medal winner. Credit: Nic Crilly-HargraveNow in its 22nd year, Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) has returned to London with wines from 57 countries being assessed over five days at CentreEd, ExCel.
The 2025 competition brings together 254 judges from 35 countries, including a record 73 Masters of Wine and 22 Master Sommeliers — the highest number in DWWA history. Alongside classic regions, the competition has seen entries grow from emerging marke

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Best Manhattan cocktail bars: Eight to try

07-05-2025 09:00 via decanter.com

New York has long been an epicenter for craft cocktails, and its venues to enjoy them span the gamut. From OG speakeasies to agave-focused bars, amaro-forward lounges, and beyond, exploring all that Manhattan’s cocktail scene has to offer could easily become overwhelming – which is why we’ve rounded up the best spots to visit here.Best Manhattan cocktail barsBemelmans Bar
35 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021
Situated within the prolific Carlyle Hotel, Bemelmans Bar is nothing short

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Decanter magazine May 2025: See what’s inside

07-05-2025 06:00 via decanter.com

Crossing continents
Leader: Amy Wislocki, Magazine Editor
I’m in western Colombia at the moment visiting family. The scenery is breathtaking and the people incredibly welcoming, but in the local supermarket all I can find is basic Rioja or Chilean/Argentinian wine, priced at eyewatering levels.
Certainly nothing resembling the top-class wines recommended in our batch of features on the US this month, or the exciting picks featured in the comprehensive guide to Rioja bundled with this mont

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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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