Year: 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is in the knock-out round.  Already we have the Netherlands and Brazil out of the contest.  The teams left to play are Morocco, Portugal, England, France, Argentina, and Croatia.  All these countries make wine as well as footballers.  So which wine would you drink to celebrate

For quite some time now we’ve been hearing (not participating) about “Dry January” and it seems it’s becoming an increasingly popular trend and it can often be the kick start for many into the rest of the year to alcohol free (or as close as one can). As a result

Rewinf your minds back to Spring 2018 and you might well remember when Emily Lambert and Ruth Hansom wowed the British public by winning the financial backing of twice Michelin starred chef, Atul Kochar, on BBC Two’s hit series Million Pound Menu. Their entirely British Dining concept, Epoch, stunned diners

Full results from the Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 have been released today (7 June), revealing impressive wins for established wine producers as well as many surprises from incredibly diverse emerging regions making exciting wines across the globe. Learn more HERE. Now in its 19th year, the Decanter World Wine

The wine and hospitality industry can be a tough business — especially this past year — so it’s telling what experts reach for when they’re off the clock and it’s time to recover from a long day. So, we asked 25 sommeliers and wine experts from all over the country (and in

Drive down the aptly named Vine Cross Road in Horam (East Sussex) and you will soon reach Hidden Spring Vineyard. From 1986 this vineyard flourished until the mid 2000s when the vines were grubbed and replaced with a campsite. Thankfully, this wasn’t the end of viticulture at Hidden Spring as

There you are, browsing bottles and trying to decide what to buy next, when you notice a sticker telling you that this is a “Decanter World Wine Awards Winner”. Well, we all love a winner, but what does that really mean? And should we care? I went behind the scenes

Global wine consumption has been severely affected by Covid-19, with the downturn of the on-trade, damage to travel and tourism, and a weakened economy driving what IWSR estimates will be a -9.7% volume and -9.5% value decline for the market in 2020. Although the category’s recovery will be fragmented, consumption

Photographer Kirsten Georgi has been a wine lover for years. She started a blog, Armchair Sommelier, to expand her perspective. She dreamed to become a sommelier, but as her skills developed, Georgi realized that the role didn’t quite fit. So she weighed her wine education options. “The more I learned, the