Woodinville, just a 30-minute drive from Seattle, has become Washington's top wine country destination, with more than two million visitors a year.

The state's top wine destination…

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Chenin Blanc grapes, with some botrytis, in Le Haut Lieu vineyard

Neighbouring appellations, different expressions...

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… and a smart new chef. Matthew Slotover, 54, and his business partner Amanda Sharpe (whose age I am too much of a gentleman to ask) first discussed opening a restaurant when they were 18. Over the subsequent 32 years they applied themselves thoroughly to researching their subject while at the same time creating Frieze, the art exhibition and

Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Like many, I suspect, I am rethinking my attitudes to travel. Just as lockdown should have ended executives’ transatlantic hops ‘for a meeting’, I am now feeling much more wary of flying in general, ever mindful of my

Above, Walter's dog Fritz surveys the sandstone hills of this extraordinary corner of northern Romagna. £29, $39.90 Find this wine (and note that Wine-Searcher.com spell it Acerreta) A few years ago I stumbled upon the wines of my Italian wine writer colleague Giorgio Melandri at a small event in Verona that ran parallel to the monster

The metamorphosis of what was once a family outfit in Colchester, then an adjunct to Majestic, continues with many a wine that should be of interest to wine lovers wherever they are based. Above, the recent customer tasting at The Ministry, south London. Lay & Wheeler is at an interesting stage of its evolution under its new(ish) foreign owners

New World regions that over the years have emerged as leading producers of world class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay...

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Andrew Jefford reflects on recent events worldwide...

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The Charles Heidsieck wine and champagne empire expands. Isole e Olena, the emblematic Chianti Classico estate painstakingly built up by Paolo De Marchi over the last 45 years, has been acquired by the EPI Group, owners of Charles Heidsieck champagne and Biondi-Santi in Montalcino inter alia. De Marchi’s son Luca will continue to oversee the

This year's prizes for our winning wine writers involve trees, both dead and alive. We are now pleased to announce the prizes for this year’s wine writing competition on the theme of renewal. (See full details of the competition and how to apply.) On the basis of past competitions, we don’t want to be too precise about exactly how many prizes

The valley's white wines largely escaped the effects of 2020 wildfires. In early May I tasted through a collection of white wines from the 2020 vintage of the Napa Valley. Varieties tasted were primarily, but not exclusively, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. The 2020 vintage is of course infamous for its wildfires, but the tasting revealed

The vineyards at Château Figeac, where candles were lit to ward off overnight frosts in April 2021.

See which St-Emilion estates are fit to rise up the ranks...

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3 June 2022 on Ukraine – day 100 Dear Partners and Friends, 100 days have already passed since the full-scale outbreak of the war, from the moment Russia attacked defenceless, peaceful cities early in the morning. A hundred days. It is impossible to get used to, impossible to forget. This event of unprecedented scale in Europe led to

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Another château breaks away from the upcoming St-Emilion classification...

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All seven Belle Epoque Champagnes tasted from 1993 to 2012...

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The 'mad genius' of California wine is no more. Known for ironically wearing a vest emblazoned with the phrase ‘famous winemaker’, the iconoclastic California winemaker Sean Thackrey passed away on 30 May following what a friend referred to as a decade-long battle with cancer. The 79-year-old Thackrey was indeed famous in the world of

After a day wallowing in red wines (see The return of the Weinbörse, part 1), Paula examined what the cool 2021 vintage delivered in whites. On the second day of the Weinbörse I turned myself over to Riesling (and, given the cool conditions of the 2021 growing season, my dentist was extremely happy with my decision to keep the Rieslings to one

Award-winning expressions from the Decanter World Wine Awards

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New platform Winechain set to launch later this year...

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