Decanter

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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WINES OF THE YEAR • These are, simply, the best wines we tasted in 2022 – nominated by the Decanter team and a panel of our experts worldwide, then tasted blind by three eminent judges. Here are 125 unmissable bottles

Also highly recommended: Wines of the Year below 94pts

ANNIVERSARY WINES Celebrate in 2023 • Is this a special year for you or your loved ones? Obviously the bigger the occasion, the rarer the wine, and some celebrations just cry out for that perfect bottle. Here’s our annual selection of very special vintages for a perfect gift (or for yourself)

Burgundy 2021 • ‘It wasn’t an easy year, but a classic one’, as one winemaker put it. However, 2021 did produce some excellent wines, if you choose carefully. Our expert reviewer has picked 20 whites and 30 reds which stood out during tastings over several months in 2022

A taste of the top 2021 Burgundies • Wines are listed in order of white then red, then by scores, and then alphabetically by producer. The 2021s are bottled from January 2023, hence prices, stockists and alcohols are not yet finalised. Contact specialist merchants for allocations or to enquire about en primeur tastings

Sonoma County’s coolest vineyards • Unlike its inland neighbour Napa, many of Sonoma County’s AVA vineyards benefit from the coastal conditions, being near to the Pacific ocean. We take a closer look at three of them and discover that it is different to be cool – and cool to be different

BAG IN BOX A Decanter guide • There are many reasons why wine in alternative packaging makes sense – and this wide-ranging selection of 25 interesting, quality wines shows that we should all be thinking inside the box

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FIVE OF THE BEST LOW AND NO-ALCOHOL SPIRITS FOR DRY JANUARY

Meet Scotland’s YOUNG-GUN DISTILLERS • Forget stereotypes of grey-haired men in faded blue overalls – anumber of young, go-getting distillers are shaking up the Scottish drinks industry

Tamarind and ginger roast lamb • Inspired by Jamaica’s kaleidoscope of cultural influences, this lamb dish is the perfect twist on a Sunday roast. And its intense, spicy flavours need a forthright red to stand up to them

Discovering LONG ISLAND • To the east of New York City, the wine producers of Suffolk County are helping to reshape the island’s long history, with the fresh sea air, boutique lodgings and hyper-local cuisine of this much-loved coastal stretch now proving a big draw for the serious wine traveller

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THE TASTE CLOUD Saperavi

If you like New World Shiraz, why not try Monastrell

BUYING GUIDE

Editors picks • Each month our editorial team tastes a lot of wine but not all of it makes it on to the page. So here’s our in-house pick of other great wines we’ve tried

ROUSSILLON WHITES • Explore the personality and warmth of France’s far southwest in these fascinating...