The 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards attracted more entries this year than any other wine competition in the world, cementing its position as the world’s biggest wine competition. In total 10,285 wines were entered, more than double the amount when the... More...

Bob Lindo, a successful wine maker. At 54 Bob Lindo is one of England''s most successful winemakers, following an illustrious and dramatic career flying jets for the RAF. Was joining the RAF always a schoolboy dream of yours? Not at all. I come from a very ordinary background, on a large... More...

First Gold in International Competition for English Still White Wine. The English & Welsh wine industry’s rightful place on the world stage was confirmed on 12th May when the results of three major international wine competitions were... More...

Setting up a cellar. We use ''cellar'' to mean both the area in which we store wines and the wines stored there. ‘Cellar’ may be a bit of an exaggeration for the place where most people store their wine. But it is worth considering the attributes of the cellar where wine is traditionally kept... More...

Equipment, gadgets and gizmos every science-minded home winemaker should own. Sooner or later, most serious winemakers conclude that it isn''t good enough to simply follow a recipe blindly. That''s a bit too much like painting-by-numbers. The expression of one''s own... More...