Decanter Fine Wine Encounter London Returns November 2026

Henri Giraud will pour its oak-aged Champagnes at The Landmark London this November. So will Château Beychevelle, Clos Apalta, and Royal Tokaji, 130+ producers in total, 1,000+ wines, two days. Decanter Fine Wine Encounter London returns November 6-7, 2026, and the format is direct: winemakers pouring their own bottles, DWWA medal winners available side by side, Cellar Collection sessions offering library releases that rarely surface in retail channels.

More than 120 producers from 16 countries will pour at the Grand Tasting, the event's core tasting floor. The full line-up of producers and wines will be available on both Friday and Saturday, giving guests complete flexibility to attend either day. For those wanting to immerse themselves in everything the Encounter has to offer, a two-day ticket provides the opportunity to taste at your own pace, revisit standout wines, and spend more time with the winemakers behind them.

The 2026 producer line-up includes Henri Giraud, Château Beychevelle, Carpineto, Muga, House of Arras, Clos Apalta, and Royal Tokaji. Countries represented include France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. This is not a trade show, it's a gathering where benchmark classics and new discoveries share the same floor, and where the person pouring the wine is often the person who made it.

What Makes Decanter Fine Wine Encounter London Worth Attending

The event combines scale with curation. More than 130 producers and over 1,000 wines means you can taste across regions, styles, and price points in a single afternoon. But the curation, DWWA Winners' Table, Cellar Collection sessions, and the producer selection itself, means you're not wading through generic trade-show pours. Every bottle on the floor has been selected for quality, relevance, or discovery potential.

Grand Tasting ticket holders will also enjoy access to the Decanter World Wine Awards Winners' Table, where a hand-picked selection of 95-point-and-above medal winners from the 2026 competition will be available to taste side by side. This is allocation intelligence in glass form, wines that scored 95+ points, often before wider market release, poured in a format that lets you compare them directly. For collectors building a cellar or tracking en primeur releases, this is the kind of access that shapes buying decisions months before bottles hit retail.

The Cellar Collection returns with three sessions across the two days, offering a rare opportunity to explore flagship wines through multiple vintages. These are library releases, vertical tastings, and rare bottlings that producers reserve for events like this, not the current-vintage pours you'd find at a standard tasting. If you're tracking how a particular estate's style has evolved, or if you're deciding whether to hold or drink a wine already in your cellar, the Cellar Collection sessions provide the comparative context you need.

The two-day format matters. A single-day ticket gives you access to the full producer line-up, but a two-day ticket lets you revisit standout wines, return to producers for deeper conversation, and pace yourself through the 1,000+ bottles on offer. This is not a sprint through a trade show, it's a structured opportunity to taste, learn, and make informed decisions about what belongs in your cellar.

The Grand Tasting: 130+ Producers Under One Roof

The Grand Tasting is the event's core. More than 120 producers from 16 countries will pour their wines, from benchmark classics to new discoveries. Alongside estates from France, Italy, and Spain, visitors can explore wines from Argentina, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and beyond.

Henri Giraud, the Aÿ-based Champagne house known for its oak-aged cuvées and single-vineyard bottlings, will pour at the Grand Tasting. Château Beychevelle, the Saint-Julien fourth growth, will be represented.

Carpineto, the Tuscan producer with holdings in Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, will pour across its portfolio. Muga, the Rioja Alta estate known for its barrel program and traditional methods, will be on the floor. House of Arras, the Tasmanian sparkling wine producer, will represent Australia.

Clos Apalta, the Colchagua Valley estate owned by Lapostolle, will pour its flagship red. Royal Tokaji, the Hungarian estate revived in the 1990s, will showcase its aszú wines.

This is side-by-side access that retail tastings and trade shows rarely offer. You can taste a Saint-Julien fourth growth, then walk three tables over and pour a Tasmanian sparkling wine, then pivot to a Hungarian aszú, all within the same session. The Grand Tasting runs Friday from 3pm to 9pm and Saturday from 11am to 5:30pm, with the full producer line-up available both days.

The format prioritizes direct engagement. Producers pour their own wines, answer questions about vineyard sites and winemaking decisions, and often bring bottles that aren't yet in wide distribution. This is not a retail tasting where a brand ambassador pours from a script, it's winemakers, estate managers, and proprietors standing behind their own tables, pouring wines they made and talking about the decisions that shaped them.

For collectors, this is allocation intelligence. You can taste a producer's current releases, ask about upcoming vintages, and gauge whether a particular estate's style aligns with your cellar-building strategy. For enthusiasts, it's discovery, regions and producers you wouldn't encounter in a standard retail environment, all available for direct comparison.

DWWA Winners' Table and Cellar Collection Sessions

The Decanter World Wine Awards Winners' Table is a hand-picked selection of 95-point-and-above medal winners from the 2026 competition, available to taste side by side. This is not a generic medal-winner showcase, it's the highest-scoring wines from a competition that evaluates thousands of entries annually. For collectors tracking scores, this is a chance to taste the wines that earned 95+ points before they allocate or sell out.

The DWWA is one of the world's largest and most rigorous wine competitions, with a panel of judges that includes Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, and leading wine critics. A 95-point medal is a credential, it signals quality, consistency, and often cellar-worthiness. The Winners' Table lets you taste these wines in a single session, compare them across regions and styles, and make informed decisions about what to buy, hold, or track for future releases.

The Cellar Collection sessions return with three sessions across the two days. These are vertical tastings, library releases, and rare bottlings that producers reserve for events like this. If you're tracking how a particular estate's style has evolved, whether a Bordeaux château has shifted its blend percentage, whether a Burgundy domaine has changed its oak regime, whether a Rioja producer has adjusted its aging protocol, the Cellar Collection sessions provide the comparative context you need.

These sessions are ticketed separately and have limited capacity. They're designed for collectors who want deeper engagement with a producer's range, not just a current-vintage pour.

The combination of the DWWA Winners' Table and the Cellar Collection sessions means the event offers two distinct forms of access: breadth (the Grand Tasting's 130+ producers and 1,000+ wines) and depth (the high-scoring and rare bottlings available through the Winners' Table and Cellar Collection). For collectors, this is allocation intelligence and cellar-building context in a single weekend.

How to Book Tickets and Plan Your Visit

Tickets are on sale now for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter London 2026. The event takes place at The Landmark London, a five-star hotel in Marylebone, from November 6-7, 2026. The Grand Tasting runs Friday from 3pm to 9pm and Saturday from 11am to 5:30pm, with the full producer line-up available both days.

Single-day tickets give you access to the Grand Tasting and the DWWA Winners' Table for one session. Two-day tickets provide access to both Friday and Saturday sessions, letting you revisit standout wines, return to producers for deeper conversation, and pace yourself through the 1,000+ bottles on offer. If you're traveling to London for the event, the two-day ticket is the strategic choice, it lets you taste on Friday, identify the producers and wines you want to revisit, and return on Saturday with a focused plan.

The Cellar Collection sessions are ticketed separately and have limited capacity. If you're interested in vertical tastings, library releases, or rare bottlings, book Cellar Collection tickets early, these sessions fill quickly and offer the kind of access that's difficult to replicate outside of estate visits or private tastings.

The Landmark London is located in Marylebone, a short walk from Marylebone and Baker Street stations. If you're staying in central London, the venue is accessible by Tube, taxi, or on foot from most major hotels. If you're traveling from outside London, Marylebone station offers direct rail connections to the Midlands and the North, and Baker Street provides access to the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Metropolitan lines.

Plan your visit strategically. The Grand Tasting floor will have 130+ producers and 1,000+ wines, more than you can taste in a single session. Prioritize producers you've been tracking, regions you're building in your cellar, or styles you're exploring. The DWWA Winners' Table is a fixed selection of 95+ point wines, taste these early in your session to calibrate your palate and identify standout bottles. The Cellar Collection sessions are scheduled separately, if you've booked a Cellar Collection ticket, plan your Grand Tasting time around that session.

If you're attending with a group, divide and conquer. Assign each person a set of producers or regions to cover, then reconvene to share notes and revisit standout wines together. This is a tasting event, not a social reception, the format is designed for focused engagement with the wines and the producers, not background mingling.

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter New York returns on June 12, 2027, in Manhattan. If you're based in North America or planning a New York trip in mid-2027, the New York event follows the same format: Grand Tasting, DWWA Winners' Table, and Cellar Collection sessions, with producers pouring their own wines in a collector-focused environment.

Why This Event Matters for Collectors and Enthusiasts

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter London is not a trade show. It's a gathering where benchmark classics and new discoveries share the same floor, where DWWA medal winners are available for direct comparison, and where Cellar Collection sessions offer library releases and vertical tastings that rarely surface in retail channels. The format prioritizes direct engagement, producers pour their own wines, answer questions about vineyard sites and winemaking decisions, and often bring bottles that aren't yet in wide distribution.

For collectors, this is allocation intelligence. You can taste a producer's current releases, ask about upcoming vintages, and gauge whether a particular estate's style aligns with your cellar-building strategy. You can taste 95+ point DWWA medal winners before they allocate or sell out. You can attend Cellar Collection sessions and taste library releases that provide the comparative context you need to decide whether to hold or drink wines already in your cellar.

For enthusiasts, it's discovery. More than 120 producers from 16 countries, France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and beyond, will pour at the Grand Tasting. This is side-by-side access that retail tastings and trade shows rarely offer. You can taste a Saint-Julien fourth growth, then walk three tables over and pour a Tasmanian sparkling wine, then pivot to a Hungarian aszú, all within the same session.

The two-day format matters. A single-day ticket gives you access to the full producer line-up, but a two-day ticket lets you revisit standout wines, return to producers for deeper conversation, and pace yourself through the 1,000+ bottles on offer. This is not a sprint through a trade show, it's a structured opportunity to taste, learn, and make informed decisions about what belongs in your cellar.

The event takes place at The Landmark London from November 6-7, 2026. Tickets are on sale now. The Grand Tasting runs Friday from 3pm to 9pm and Saturday from 11am to 5:30pm, with the full producer line-up available both days. Cellar Collection sessions are ticketed separately and have limited capacity.