Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd The world’s best wine magazine. It is simply the “wine bible”. Every month it provides recommendations on the world’s finest wines and tells you where you can find them. From top Bordeaux to the best value wine on the shelf, Decanter guides you through a maze of wine to help you find the right wine for you. It also offers interviews with leading wine personalities, in-depth guides to the wine regions and the latest wine news.
Carlo Petrini • The pioneer of the Slow Food and Slow Wine movement is buoyed by the renaissance of Italy’s native varieties, as Carla Capalbo explains
Capalbo’s stars of the renaissance • Three producers breathing new life into forgotten varieties and regions
Reimagining BARBERA • In the right hands, Piedmont’s most planted red variety can be a serious contender, finds Tom Hyland
Best of Barbera: Nizza DOCG
Hyland’s 10: top-quality Barbera from Piedmont
The third way • War is over. After years of controversy and division, Barolo’s new faces have established peace between modernism and tradition, and their focus is now in the vineyard, not the winery.
Gaia’s pick: a dozen of the best from Barolo
Hidden Piedmont • Wines like Ruché, Grignolino and Freisa are as exciting as their more famous neighbour, Barbera
Northern star • Pinot Bianco seems an unlikely variety to be a local hero, but the results prove its superstar status in northeastern Italy, as Michael Garner explains
Garner’s top Pinot Bianco picks
Cantina Valle Isarco • Premium white wines from Alto Adige
The Loard of Ribolla Gialla • Manlio Collavini’s forty years of dedication to a unique sparkling wine; an unusual grape variety and a special method of production
Cut and dried? • Expressing Valpolicella’s true spirit is a matter of taste, reveals Michael Garner
Valpolicella in a nutshell
Garner’s picks: take a fresh (or dried) look at Valpolicella
Conte Collalto • A thousand years of history in Prosecco’s heartland
Three new wines
Discovering the drier side • In search of greater terroir expression, Prosecco’s finest wines are becoming increasingly dry. Richard Baudains explores the reasons why, and picks his top 10 to try
Baudains’ picks: the drier side of Prosecco
Bortolomiol • Sustainability first in the Prosecco Superiore region
Never forget your roots • Tinazzi: family winemakers in Valpolicella and Lake Garda
Back on the MENU • Simon Woolf finds the perfect antidote for Emilia Romagna’s hearty food, in the form of Lambrusco
Beyond Lambrusco
Woolf’s top Lambrusco picks
Exploring Chianti Classico • Getting to know Chianti Classico is all in the detail. Monty Waldin traverses Tuscany’s hillsides discovering its slopes, soils and Sangiovese styles
Tenuta di Biserno • Passionate winemaking on the Tuscan Coast
Pasqua • Different styles of Amarone from an expert producer
New faces • Tuscan wine specialist Monty Waldin picks six to watch in Montalcino
Vignaioli del Morellino di Scansano • Sustainability, a guiding light for the Tuscan winery
Florence fringe • You don’t need to trek down endless gravel tracks to get a taste of Chianti’s finest rooms. Helen Farrell discovers fabulous winery accommodation within a stone’s throw of Florence
Ruffino
Taming the beast • Producers in the small Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG in Umbria have developed an approachable modern style for their notoriously tannic native Sagrantino grape. Susan Hulme MW charts their progress and recommends eight wines to try
Six producers to look out for
Hulme’s picks: eight of the best Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
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