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The Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC Louis Roederer Masterclass will showcase some of Lécaillon’s most recent cuvées, including the stunning and storied 2002 and 2008 Cristal and the 2012 Cristal Rosé, Collection 243, Roederer’s new multi-vintage cuvée, and other selections from the house. These wines are the best of the best from the Lécaillon, Roederer era. Lécaillon has had an illustrious career, having worked for Roederer since 1989, becoming Champagne’s youngest chef de cave. Still, h ...

Out of 12 different glass shapes, including specialised Champagne glasses and the regular flute, Riedel’s Veloce Riesling glass was voted as the most preferred glass by English producers from three regions for their sparkling wines, announced the Austrian glassware manufacturer. In search of the best English sparkling glass Last week, 25 wine producers from three of the UK’s primary sparkling wine-producing regions were invited to attend three Riedel workshops for comparative tastings of 12 diff ...

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...