GOLD WINNING WINES
This year’s judging revealed an exceptional standard of quality across every category, with our panels awarding a bumper 924 Gold medals. That figure includes 35 Top Value winners (see p170), and represents just 5.56% of all wines tasted in the competition. We are delighted to present all 924 Golds in the following pages

PLATINUM WINNING WINES
Platinum medal-winners in the DWWA have triumphed in multiple stages of judging by different panels, and been endorsed after reassessment by our Co-Chairs. In 2026, this status was achieved by 196 wines of impeccable quality, presented in the pages that follow

Latest release tasting report
In our second annual report based on 12 months of new Rioja releases, an intensive blind tasting of more than 540 wines provides a fascinating window onto the innovation and creative tensions propelling Rioja into a future of character-focused wines

Barolo 2022
Our guide to this ‘against-all odds’, drought-hit vintage. After her extensive blind tastings and visits to more than 50 wineries, our Italy expert and DWWA Regional Chair for Piedmont selects 40 wines that stand out from the crowd in this challenging year in the Nebbiolo heartland

BORDEAUX 2025 The Decanter verdict
Despite production volumes being significantly reduced by extended hot and dry weather, there will be great buys to be found among the 2025s in all styles, thanks to the late rains that gave rise to a vintage of many charming and accessible wines. To choose wisely, begin with these 65 of our expert Bordeaux team’s top choices from among more than 800 they tasted

UK sparkling wine
The development of greater stocks of reserve wines means that UK sparkling producers are now able to make increasing quantities of non- and multi-vintage wines – and the results have clearly impressed our judges

St-Emilion & Pomerol 2020
Revealing the consistency and quality of such a highly rated vintage in two of the world’s top wine regions, the sheer number of high scores here tells the story – these are wines not to miss out on, with plenty of options for keeping or for drinking

1855 Grand Cru Classé MY 10 BEST VALUE
One Bordeaux expert combs the top echelons of Médoc cru classé wines in search of that holiest and most satisfying of grails – excellent claret without the inflated price tag

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