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Permitted Champagne grapes - Ask Decanter

What are some of the lesser known grapes permitted in Champagne production...?

Biodynamics in Champagne - Ask Decanter

Which house first explored biodynamic practices in Champagne?

Pinot Blanc (white)

[Grape Variety] Pinot Blanc is most commonly associated with the full-bodied dry white wines of Alsace

Carignan (red)

The most widely planted grape variety in France, this workhorse red grape abounds as a bush vine in the vineyards of southern France.

Over 1,200 wine lovers attend the fifth annual Decanter Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter

More than 1,200 fine wine lovers and aficionados eagerly attended the fifth annual Decanter Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter which took place at The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong on Saturday 17 November.

Decanter award-winning Chinese wines showcased in London

Eight Chinese wines from Ningxia, Xinjiang, Hebei and Beijing that have previously won medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards and Decanter Asia Wine Awards were recently available to taste in London.

Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2018 judging week begins

Over 50 wine professionals from across Asia have gathered in Hong Kong to begin judging the 2018 Decanter Asia Wine Awards.

Decanter returns to Shanghai for its fifth Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter

Decanter announces today (28 June) that it will return to the Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong on 17 November 2018 with some of the world’s best wines to host its fifth Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter.

Semillon (white)

Semillon is at its most illustrious in the humid atmosphere of Sauternes and Barsac, where its susceptibility to noble rot concentrates the fruit sugars and acids in the grapes to produce some of the most luscious, sweet wines in the world

Zinfandel (Red)

Responsible for the blush wine craze of the late 1980s, Zinfandel is a near-native grape of California, where at its best, it produces powerfully-constructed, brambly, spicy reds for the most part best drunk young or relatively young.