The Daily Decant
The Daily Decant delivers practical wine knowledge in five minutes a day to help you choose, order, and talk about wine with more confidence in everyday social settings. Each episode offers concise insights on regions, varietals, and standout bottles you can use the next time you're at dinner, hosting friends, or picking out a bottle.
Episodes
77 episodes
The Supporting Cast — Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato & Gavi
Barolo and Barbaresco get all the attention, but Piedmont has a rich cast of everyday wines that locals drink constantly, and that represent some of the best values in Italian wine. Today's episode covers Barbera, the region's most planted red ...
Barbaresco - Nebbiolo's More Elegant Sibling
Barolo gets all the headlines, but Barbaresco, Nebbiolo's other great expression in Piedmont, is arguably the more approachable, and in the right hands just as profound. Today's episode covers the three communes of the Barbaresco zone, the key ...
Barolo Deep-Dive Part 2
If yesterday was the map, today is the treasure. Today we go through Barolo's most celebrated single vineyards: Cannubi, Brunate, Cerequio, Rocche, and more, and explain what makes each one distinctive. We also cover the producers whose names o...
Barolo Deep-Dive Part 1
Barolo is called the King of Italian Wines, and today's episode explains why that title is earned. We cover the five communes that make up the Barolo zone and what makes each one distinct, then dive into one of the most fascinating debates in t...
All About Piedmont
Last week we spent five days in Burgundy. This week we head to Italy, specifically to Piedmont, the northwestern region that many consider Italy's answer to Burgundy. One great region, dominated by one great grape, producing wines of extraordin...
Week 10 Wrap Up: Why Burgundy Changes How You Think About Wine
Six episodes, one river valley, and a region that has shaped the way the entire world thinks about wine. Sunday's wrap-up episode pulls the week together: the key lessons from Chablis to Beaujolais, why the concept of terroir was essentially in...
How to Buy Burgundy Without Getting Burned
Burgundy can be one of the most rewarding bottles you ever buy... or an expensive disappointment. The difference almost always comes down to knowing who made it and when. Saturday's practical episode covers the essential distinction between nég...
The Hidden Burgundies: Chablis & Beaujolais
Two of Burgundy's most underrated zones sit at opposite ends of the region, and both offer extraordinary wine at prices that make the Côte d'Or look impossible. Today's episode covers Chablis: why its steely, mineral Chardonnay is unlike anythi...
The Côte de Beaune: Chardonnay's Spiritual Home
If the Côte de Nuits is where Pinot Noir reaches its peak, the Côte de Beaune is where Chardonnay achieves something similar, and almost nothing in the wine world compares to a great white Burgundy. Today's episode covers the southern half ...
The Côte de Nuits: Pinot Noir Country
The northern half of the Côte d'Or is where Pinot Noir achieves its highest possible expression. Today's episode walks through the villages of the Côte de Nuits: Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, and Vosne-Romanée, explai...
The Hierarchy: Cracking the Code
If yesterday was the map, today is the key. Burgundy's four-tier quality classification: Regional, Village, Premier Cru, Grand Cru is the single most important concept for navigating this region with confidence. Today's episode breaks it do...
The Lay of the Land: Burgundy
Burgundy intimidates people more than any other wine region on earth, and almost always for the wrong reasons. This week on The Daily Decant, we're spending five minutes a day fixing that. Today's episode is your essential orientation: what...
Week 9 Wrap Up: The Rhône: What This Region Teaches Us
Six episodes, one river valley, and more wine knowledge than most people accumulate in years. Sunday's wrap-up pulls the whole week together: the key lessons from North to South, the appellations that surprised us, the whites that most people h...
White Rhône: The Region's Best Kept Secret
Most wine drinkers don't know the Rhône makes white wine. Today's episode fixes that. From the floral intensity of Condrieu to the age-worthy richness of white Hermitage to the southern Rhône's underrated white blends, Saturday's episode covers...
Grenache's Supporting Cast: Gigondas, Vacqueyras, and Rasteau
They sit in Châteauneuf's shadow, and that shadow has kept their prices honest. Today's episode covers three southern Rhône appellations that every wine drinker should know: Gigondas for power, Vacqueyras for value, and Rasteau for the unexpect...
Châteauneuf-du-Pape: The Southern Rhône's Crown
The name everyone knows, the wine fewer people understand. Today's episode goes deep on Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the southern Rhône's most famous appellation, built on ancient riverbeds and blended from up to 18 grape varieties. We cover what makes...
The Hidden Gems: Crozes-Hermitage and Saint-Joseph
Yesterday was the famous hill. Today is everything around it, and that is where the value lives. Crozes-Hermitage and Saint-Joseph are two of the northern Rhône's most underpriced and underappreciated appellations, producing wines with genuine ...
Syrah's Homeland: Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage
The northern Rhône's two crown jewels and the wines that defined what Syrah could be. Today, we go deep on Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage, the steep granite hillsides where Syrah produces some of the most age-worthy, complex red wines on earth. ...
North vs. South: One River, Two Worlds
The Rhône Valley is one of France's greatest wine regions, and most people can't tell you a single thing about it beyond Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This week, we fix that. Today's episode is your orientation: the essential geography, the ...
Week 8 Wrap Up - Grand Tour Edition
Sunday's wrap-up episode zooms all the way out. After six days and 30 wines, what did the Wine Spectator Grand Tour Denver 2026 actually tell us about where the wine world is right now? Today, we cover the dominant trends, the biggest surprises...
The Complete Top 30 — Your Buying Guide
Before Sunday's big wrap, Saturday's episode is your reference guide: the complete top 30 wines from the Wine Spectator Grand Tour Denver 2026 in one place, with quick-hit tasting notes, vintage context, and practical buying advice organized by...
New World Adventures
Today's episode takes The Daily Decant around the world, from Oregon's Eola-Amity Hills, where Zena Crown's Pinot Noir earned one of the highest scores of the entire Grand Tour, to the high-altitude vineyards of Argentina's Cafayate Valley, thr...
Châteauneuf-du-Pape: The Southern Rhône's Crown
The name everyone knows, the wine fewer people understand. Today's episode goes deep on Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the southern Rhône's most famous appellation, built on ancient riverbeds and blended from up to 18 grape varieties. We cover what makes...