Tina Gellie

Speaking to Decanter from Kyiv, where she travelled to immediately after being informed of the crime last Monday (13 October), Ukrainian Wine Company CEO Svitlana Tsybak said she was shocked not only at the theft but the reaction by the Met police. ‘They asked the driver if he had been harmed. When he said no, they decided not to come to the site,’ Tsybak explained.

Here we give insight into how our judges conduct their assessments and why Decanter’s expert recommendations are much more than the score. For almost 50 years, Decanter has been an authority on wine – in print, and now in print and online – providing readers around the world with expert, trusted and independent recommendations of what to buy, drink and cellar.

After years as a workhorse blending grape, it seems now is the moment for South African cinsault to shine as a premium wine in its own right. Once just an understudy to more noble French grapes such as cabernet sauvignon, South African cinsault is finally having its time in the limelight. Cinsault (also spelled cinsaut) has its origins in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.