Chris Mercer's articles
What is the point of heavy bottles? – Ask Decanter
What is the point of heavy wine bottles? Not larger format, like magnums, but the 750ml bruiser bottle that appears to weigh nearly as much when empty as full and which defies you to pour using a single hand...
Bordeaux Right Bank Quiz - test your knowledge
Know your St-Emilion from your Pomerol? What about the other up-and-coming appellations? With Bordeaux en primeur around the corner, there's no better time to test your knowledge...
Great Fire of London: Wealthy buried wine to save it
Wealthy Londoners buried fine wines to save them from the flames of the Great Fire of London 350 years ago, according to the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Wines served at the Trump, Xi Jinping dinner
Here's what the Trump team offered up for a bilateral dinner with Chinese president Xi Jinping – and it wasn’t a McDonald’s hamburger, as previously suggested.
Where is all the Champagne going? See the latest figures
See charts based on Comité Champagne data to show which country drank the most in 2016.
Drinking wine could be secret to happy marriage – study
Married couples get on with each other better and for longer when both partners enjoy a drink, suggests a new study.
Discussion: Are restaurant wine mark-ups too steep?
See both sides of the debate as a new app launches that promises to show diners the retail prices of the wines on their restaurant menu, as featured in Decanter magazine's January issue.
Penfolds wins trademark battle over 'squatter' in China
Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates has won a high court battle against a trademark squatter claiming ownership to a widely understood Chinese translation of the Australian wine brand's name - but the dispute doesn't end there.
International: Epicentre of NZ earthquake that wrecked 5 million bottles worth of wine
New Zealand's recent Kaikoura earthquake ruined enough wine to fill more than five million bottles, according to new industry estimates. See a report below, alongside a video of cracks in the landscape caused by the quake.
International: Cristal 2009 Champagne taps into spirit of the 60s
Cristal 2009 has a lot in common with vintages of the 1960s and represents an early example of how biodynamics can subtly affect its style, according to the man responsible for making it at Louis Roederer.