Stephen Brook's articles
![Ageing of half-bottles - Ask Decanter](/assets/images/article/full/139993_20180627.jpg?1553088000)
Ageing of half-bottles - Ask Decanter
How does the ageing of half bottles differ from full sized...?
![Viognier (white)](/assets/images/article/full/139146_viognier-homepage.jpg?1527077262)
Viognier (white)
The 'hottest' of the Rhône Valley trio, which includes Marsanne and Roussanne. It’s not hard to see why Viognier became fashionable...
![Bordeaux: the ageing process](/assets/images/article/full/135946_generic-bordeauxfinewine.jpg?1470332140)
Bordeaux: the ageing process
From birth through maturity to old age, STEPHEN BROOK investigates the life cycle of red Bordeaux and asks how to know when to open that prized bottle
![Wine Legend: Penfolds, Grange 1955](/assets/images/article/full/138918_penfolds-grange-1955.jpg?1519216384)
Wine Legend: Penfolds, Grange 1955
What makes this a wine legend?
![Wine Legend: Château Cheval Blanc 1947](/assets/images/article/full/138906_cheval-blanc-1947.jpg?1518520958)
Wine Legend: Château Cheval Blanc 1947
What makes it a wine legend?
![Wine Legend: Château Latour 1961](/assets/images/article/full/138865_chateau-latour-1961.jpg?1517928839)
Wine Legend: Château Latour 1961
What makes it a wine legend...
![Wine Legend: Château Lafite-Rothschild 1982](/assets/images/article/full/138751_chateau-lafite-rothschild-1982.jpg?1516113738)
Wine Legend: Château Lafite-Rothschild 1982
A 'headline' Bordeaux vintage....
![Wine Legend: Egon Müller-Scharzhof TBA 1976](/assets/images/article/full/138681_egon-muller-scharzhof-tba-1976.jpg?1513602483)
Wine Legend: Egon Müller-Scharzhof TBA 1976
Find out why it makes the Decanter wine hall of fame...
![Wine Legend: Henschke, Hill of Grace 1998](/assets/images/article/full/138647_henschke-hill-of-grace-1998.jpg?1512997106)
Wine Legend: Henschke, Hill of Grace 1998
Why it makes the Decanter hall of fame...
![Wine Legend: Dom Pérignon 1961](/assets/images/article/full/138601_dom-perignon-alamy-d199wf.jpg?1511955867)
Wine Legend: Dom Pérignon 1961
No one knows Dom Pérignon better than its experienced winemaker Richard Geoffroy, whose current assessment of the wine is that it’s ‘a superlative and most sought-after vintage - a classic wine that’s the quintessence of style at Dom Pérignon’.