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Published by TI Media Limited 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.

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Andrew Jefford ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’

Pink and proud of it • Darker-coloured, fuller-bodied rosé styles may have slipped out of the spotlight, but they offer a useful combination of summery style and versatility in pairing with foods. Here are 25 top seasonal pink (some almost red) choices to explore

Can rosé really age? • Yes, there’s an ocean of young, pink wines to choose from. But why not offer a bottle-aged, more food-friendly alternative? A niche set of southern French producers do just that – though their approach divides opinion

Benefits of age: Gabay’s half-dozen rosés to tuck away

10 reasons to drink English sparkling wine • Basking in the glow of critical acclaim, English fizz no longer has anything to prove. Have you discovered one of wine’s great success stories yet?

Atkins’ pick: 10 English sparklers to try

Decanter guide to PICNICKING FOR WINE LOVERS • If you prefer your summer picnics to feature something rather more special than a juice carton, a sandwich and a packet of crisps, this is the seasonal guide for you

Canned wine • Exploring the growing canned wine scene, from summery staples through to more refined choices, our diligent taster eases back the ring-pull on 110 wines to pick out his 18 favourites on shelves now

New releases Piedmont Nebbiolo • 2018 was a bounceback year in Barolo following the difficult, hot year before. The harvest went well overall, and wines will be good for mid-term enjoyment. There’s consistent quality from Barbaresco in 2019, and we can also recommend top Riserva wines from Barbaresco 2017 and Barolo 2016, taking a broader look, too, at recent-release Nebbiolo wines from other Piedmont denominations

Fiordelli’s 40: new-release Piedmont Nebbiolos • Wines are listed within their regional and age categories, then by score, then alphabetically by producer. Stockists and prices are shown where available – some UK allocations may still not have been set, or indeed some wines may have already sold out, so for availability updates please consult your regular specialist merchants. See decanter.com/premium for additional recommendations

Sam Kaplan • From helping his father with his small vineyard in Oklahoma to being consultant and co-owner of multiple wineries across California, Sam Kaplan’s ‘valiant life’ in Napa wine’s top tier has grown to the point that now he’s ready to start giving back

Cristaldi’s pick: six Sam Kaplan wines to try

A global discovery of Riesling with 15 top-scoring wines • Outstanding examples produced from South Australia and Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy to Ontario in Canada, plus classics from Rheingau, Germany to Alsace, France…

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The perfect MARTINI • Vodka or gin. Lemon or olive. Shaken or stirred. There’s no right answer – or is there? Here’s what the world’s best Martini-makers have to say on the matter

Madhu’s masala lamb • Finding a wine that can pair perfectly with the chilli, spices and meat in this flavour-packed dish is not an easy task, but focus on matching the spices, and the wine combinations can work surprisingly...