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Comfortable birthday to us!
Chief: Amy Wislocki, Journal Editor
I don’t assume {a magazine} ought to go overboard about its personal inner milestones, however along with the standard content material combine, we’ve taken the chance this month to mark our fiftieth birthday with a glance again at Decanter’s journey. We additionally share photos from our birthday bash, and listen to from readers about how Decanter has helped them in their very own wine journeys. I’m glad we’ve some feminine voices in there, however it was more durable than it ought to have been to search out them. (On an analogous be aware, see our visitor column, on the dominance of males within the wine gathering group.) Let’s hope that fifty years from now, girls have a extra equal footing within the wonderful wine world, and Decanter remains to be serving to them on their manner!
See what’s inside Decanter journal August 2025
In focus
- Decanter at 50: A timeline Marking a significant milestone on this journal’s historical past, we current the important thing occasions, dates and folks in our journey thus far
- Decanter at 50: Time to social gathering Images from an evening of splendid celebration with wine pals from world wide, together with previous Corridor of Fame award winners
- Decanter at 50: Over to you Eight readers on how Decanter has helped them of their adventures in wine
- Albariño past Iberia Is that this the wine world’s subsequent Nice White Grape? Kathleen Willcox thinks so
- Chianti Classico newest releases Michaela Morris appraises the new-release vintages of annata, Riserva and Gran Selezione, with 30 wines to purchase
- One to look at: Trait Wines A small producer very a lot on the rise in Western Australia. By Sophie Thorpe
- Does reasonably priced Champagne nonetheless exist? Tom Hewson argues there’s nonetheless worth available beneath £40 per bottle within the UK, choosing 15 to attempt
- Piquette What? A previously forbidden by-product of wine, it’s the on-trend lower-alcohol choice, stories Josh Dell
Spirits
- Distilled Spirits information
- 70 Ginebra: gin with Spanish fashion Julie Sheppard recommends scrumptious gins with a distinctly Iberian spin
Meals & journey
- Face to face Does meals and wine pairing truly matter? Alder Yarrow and Fiona Beckett have robust views!
- What to pair with salads One among summer time’s trickiest wine conundrums, however Victoria Moore has the solutions
- Journey: A wine lover’s information to Margaux Charlie Geoghegan in one of many world’s top-rated wine areas
Studying
- Books and so on Sophie Thorpe on three very completely different introductory wine books
- Wine knowledge Skilled recommendation, and ‘The Moral drinker’ on strikes to higher situations for winery staff
Shopping for information
- Editors’ picks Decanter workers share highlights from their latest tastings
- Panel tasting: Blaufränkisch 87 wines tasted, with six Excellent, 38 scoring 90-93pts – a excessive commonplace for this still-niche European pink
- Panel tasting: Aegean island whites There’s loads of flavour to find amongst these 59 wines tasted
- Skilled’s selection: Portuguese rosés Regional Editor Ines Salpico’s choose of 18 fascinatingly diverse pink types
- Weekday wines Decanter’s in-house tasting group brings you 25 high picks, able to drink and priced at £30 or much less
- Weekend wines Priced £30-£60, seven standout buys to impress
- DWWA 2025 highlights 14 medal winners from lesser-known Spain
Accumulating & investing
- Marketwatch Public sale information and new releases, plus Bordeaux brilliant spots
Regulars
- Scripting this month Meet 4 of the authors from this month’s Decanter
- Uncorked Information, inspiration & extra
- Andrew Jefford’s column
- Hugh Johnson’s column
- Visitor column Laura Taylor on the necessity to entice extra feminine consumers
- New York High quality Wine Encounter 2025 Images from our incredible occasion
- The Final Drop Superstar bottles, ice cream and wine, and extra…
