Alsace: A New Icon Wine from Schlumberger and Three Rieslings from Domaine La Rogerie

This report features Schlumberger’s new Riesling Le Clos Saint-Léger Grand Cru Monopole along with the Grand Cru Kitterlé and Kessler Rieslings and those from La Rogerie....

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Champagne: Bollinger's 2015 Grande Année and Grande Année Rosé

The 2015 Champagne vintage enjoys a mixed reputation, but Bollinger’s 2015s have turned out very well due to terroir and agronomic and vinification approaches....

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France, Bordeaux: Château Grand Village – The Pearl of the Guinaudeau Family

This property’s wine is produced by the same team, using the same techniques, as Château Lafleur in Pomerol, but it’s released at a reasonable price....

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Book Review: "Mille Vignes, Penser le Vin de Demain," by Pascaline Lepeltier

This groundbreaking book by Pascaline Lepeltier is a deeply personal exploration of the relationship between the land, the vine and the wine....

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Bordeaux in 2023: The State of the Art

This essay offers an extensive personal overview of Bordeaux’s state of the art in 2023, informed by 15 weeks of visits to over 500 châteaux over the last calendar year....

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France: Up From the Cellar 28

While I taste and review thousands of young wines throughout the year, it’s older bottles that I most often reach for at home. This installment reflects a year’s domestic drinking....

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France, Northern Rhône: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!

My focus in this report is on bottled wines, mostly from the excellent 2018 vintage. Let the good times roll!...

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France, Beaujolais: A Second Installment of 2018 Reviews

This small report includes some tasting notes of recently released wines....

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France, Southern Rhône: Noteworthy New Releases

This short report is highlighted by reviews of two producers from Gigondas: Domaine Saint Damien and Domaine des Bosquets....

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Best of Bordeaux 2019 En Primeurs: The 20 Top-Scoring Wines

Your definitive list of the 20 wines that received the highest scores of all 2019 Bordeaux En Primeur wine reviews and ratings thus far....

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