HOUSE NOTES
Notes from 105 Piccadilly, Mayfair.
Our editorial wing and candle-lit corner of conversation. This is where the cork comes out and the stories begin to breathe: dispatches from dinner tables, conversations on travel, taste, art, and the odd beautiful mistake along the way. Think of it as the after-hours lounge of House of Decant — and everyone is welcome.
150 articles
- Advice
Bordeaux Wine: Beyond the Château Gates
A plain-speaking guide to Bordeaux: Left Bank versus Right, the grapes behind the blends, and how to buy bottles worth drinking rather than hoarding.
- Advice
Champagne: The Region, Not Just the Drink
A guide to Champagne as a wine region: chalk soils and three grapes, grower versus grande marque, and how to read the label.
- Insights
Sauvignon Blanc: The Wine That Wakes You Up
- Insights
Malbec: The Wine That Refuses to Apologise
Malbec is bold, unapologetic, and absolutely delicious. It’s the red wine for people who don’t want subtlety — they want conviction.
- Advice
Barbecue Like Gill Meller (and What to Pour With It)
Chef Gill Meller's fire-cooking wisdom, from embers over flames to resting the meat, plus the wines, rose and tequila from our BBQ Classics edit to pour with it.
- Insights
The Good Stuff Is Back on the Shelf
Eagle Rare 10 and Sazerac Rye 6 are two of bourbon's best-loved bottles, and they're wonderfully easy to enjoy again. A little history, a lot of flavour, and the pub ammo to go with them.
- People
Tom Horne's Tasting Notes: Trousers, Tequila and a Bucket of Ice
LESTRANGE co-founder Tom Horne shares his London map, favourite tables and the one bottle that's always in his house, in the latest House of Decant Tasting Notes.
- Insights
Best-selling wines: four reds worth clearing a shelf for
Not the cheapest, not the loudest. Four reds that keep walking out the door, and exactly why they earn it.
- Lifestyle
Nyetimber: how England learned to beat Champagne
A 1086 manor, two Americans with a hunch about chalk, and the sparkling wine that gatecrashed Champagne's party. The Nyetimber story.
- Updates
The Mystery Case is back, and it's bolder this time
Six hand-picked bottles, one price, no spoilers. The Mystery Case is live again with better bottles and bigger pulls.
- How to Guides
Beyond the margarita: three tequila cocktails for a heatwave
The margarita is a classic for a reason, but it has three cooler, simpler cousins. A Paloma, a Tommy's and a Ranch Water, all built on a good blanco.
- Advice
Blanco, reposado, añejo: tequila decoded
Three words on the back label decide almost everything about how a tequila tastes. Here's what blanco, reposado and añejo really mean.