How to read tasting notes (dry white wines)
Tasting notes are useful tools to give you a hint of what you should expect before you try a wine. Let’s look at some examples of wine tasting notes and how to read them.
Bordeaux trivia (III) - Bordeaux grape varieties
In both 2011 and 2012 Decanter World Wine Awards, Chinese wines have achieved international trophies under the category of “Red Bordeaux Varietal”, meaning the wine is made of a grape variety most commonly seen in Bordeaux. So what are the key Bordeaux gr
Bordeaux trivia (IV) — Bordeaux Left and Right Banks
People talk about Bordeaux Left Bank and Right Bank all the time. But do you know why these regions are called Left Bank and Right Bank, and what are the biggest differences between them?
Eight of the best Champagne art collaborations
Champagne and art often go hand in hand and plenty of Champagne houses have collaborated with artists and designers to create interesting and often abstract installations and objects. DecanterChina.com brings you a selection of the most famous.
Fortified Portugal wine - Port
Today let’s look at another famous style of fortified wine – Port.
how to create sweet wines
Most wines are fermented to dryness; when there is noticeable amount of unfermented sugar left, the resulting wine will be sweet.
Bordeaux trivia (II) - The secret of the Bordeaux Blends - climate
You might have noticed an interesting fact about Bordeaux wines– almost all red wines and most white wines produced in Bordeaux are blended wines. Why do wine growers choose not to concentrate on a single variety?
Gallery: vineyard animals – unlikely helpers
As growing numbers of wineries around the world consider the merits of organic and biodynamic principles, many are deploying vineyard animals to help fight weeds and pests without the use of chemicals...
Bordeaux trivia (I) - The concept of Château
Château is a common prefix seen on the label of many Bordeaux wines, and wines from across France. In recent years, it has become a trend for wines produced outside France to put this word on their labels. So what exactly is a Château, and what does it me
The making of Ice wine
Arguably the most well-known ice wine comes from Canada (where it is written as icewine). But actually ice wine originated in Germany, where it’s called ‘Eiswein’.