See my tasting notes on almost 120 bordeaux 2002s . On the face of it, the 2002 vintage of red bordeaux looks a rather attractive prospect. The wines were never going to be...

See my overview of this fascinating tasting of nearly 120 red bordeaux from the 2002 vintage, including pointers to the  wines that seem the best buys. You can see a short video of the...

Here's a look at how I spent most of Friday (before falling asleep on a train to Cumbria). Seventeen of us gathered in the tasting room at Farr Vintners in Battersea, south London, to taste almost...

It was fascinating to taste such a wide range of 2002 red bordeaux so soon after looking at so many of the same 2004s about which I was enthusiastic. (See overview and tasting notes on...

For detailed tasting notes and scores on more than 150 2002 bordeaux retasted in bottle , see purple pages.   One of the questions I am most frequently asked about...

Despite their late beginnings, both in the vineyard and cellar, Bordeaux’s 2002s are all, except for a handful of grand Sauternes, in bottle and can be judged in a less embryonic state...

Dave Armstrong, Tokyo: I'm about to make a significant (for me)...

Alan Robinson, England: Re your tasting notes on 2001...

Jim Dove, USA: Jancis, I bought 2002 futures (in honour of my youngest daughter's birth year)...

Purple pagers should see also my detailed notes on specific appellations and my detailed tasting notes and scores . Perhaps the most exciting recent development in Bordeaux is that not...

See my vintage overview in wine news, but in brief: My top ten reds Ch Latour Ch Margaux Ch Mouton Ch Haut Brion Ch Lafite Ch...

In the bitter engagement that is the current Franco-American relationship the first real casualty - setting aside the linguistic one of French fries - has been French wine in general and its most...

These notes, to be read as background to my tasting notes , are generally more specific observations than those in my vintage overview in wine news. Médoc Cabernet Sauvignon...

Frédéric Engerer, who has been under fire for asking more for Latour (65 euros) than the 60 euros already announced by Lafite and expected from the other first growths, has protested...

Claire Villars, one of the lucky members of the greater Merlaut family (Gruaud Larose, etc) who all seem to be given a Bordeaux château as an inheritance, has announced opening prices for...