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Bordeaux 2025 – a pivotal en primeur campaign?
Nick Martin reflects as another en primeur campaign winds up. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (pictured above) bundled a visit to the property with the en primeur purchase of their ‘variation case’ this...
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Now that its owner has announced that Jean-Guillaume Prats, the public face of Château Cos d'Estournel, the leading St-Estèphe property...
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What a treat it was to be invited to a dinner featuring the luscious Pomerol Ch Trotanoy organised recently by...
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Just before I left London for the Languedoc earlier this month, I happened to see quite a few people in...
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From £45 a dozen in bond (£6.78 a bottle) Find Ch Le Peyrat 2004 Find Ch Barreyres 2009
In a...
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Anthony Maxwell of Liv-ex contacted me this morning to draw my attention to the most recent addition to the blog...
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I last saw the director of Ch Latour Frédéric Engerer at a wedding in Hong Kong in early March. He...
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Those interested in the market for fine bordeaux should know that Ch Latour made public yesterday their intention of withdrawing...
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I had to remain at The London Clinic with Nick so couldn’t attend John Avery’s funeral last Friday, but according...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For full tasting notes, see Purple...
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Alessandro Masnaghetti, Italy's undisputed expert on terroir, has literally put Italy's vineyards on the map, whether on paper or in...
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To whet the appetites of all those interested in 2011 Bordeaux, we present a comprehensive document from Denis Dubourdieu giving...
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'At the level we are, it’s much easier for quality to go down than up', said Paul Pontallier, the general...
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I am indebted to John Barnard, retired Professor of English at Leeds University, who is currently working on a new...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For my tasting notes on all...
Wines of the week
From €4.99, £8.49, NZ$22.41, Au$24.95, 1,524 Swedish krone a dozen Find this wine This is where the real value in...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Perhaps the best thing to happen...
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