I’ve kept our annual Sauternes en primeur report separate from the report published last week on the 2018 Bordeaux reds and dry whites. This decision is somewhat based on tradition...
Read MoreStudying the impressive gold-enameled ram etching on a bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 2000 recalls for me the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts and this hero’s quest to...
Read MoreWhile all of Roederer’s wines are worthy of attention, none better-exemplify everything that makes this Champagne house so exciting than its emblematic bottlings, Cristal and Cristal Rosé, and it is...
Read MoreOut of the gate, many of the 2017s possess bags of perfume, freshness and vivacity. We have not seen this caliber of medium-bodied, bright, cheery, delicately styled Bordeaux wines in...
Read MoreWith its instantly recognizable label and international presence, Moët & Chandon’s cuvée Dom Pérignon is one of Champagne’s most powerful brands. And while the house declines to discuss production volume,...
Read MoreHere is a third installment of notes on the 2018 and 2017 vintages from the Côte d'Or....
Read MoreSince purchasing Château Lagrézette in 1980, Alain Dominique Perrin has devoted much time to elevating the estate to the very top of the Cahors appellation....
Read MoreCédric Bouchard works with the lowest yields in Champagne and fashions some of the region’s greatest wines from vineyards that no one had ever heard of....
Read MoreWhile the COVID-19 pandemic precluded my usual visit to the Beaujolais, I was able extensively to acquaint myself with the new 2019 vintage and revisit the 2018s without leaving my...
Read MoreThe Zusslins cultivate Pinot Noir on the beautiful slopes of the Bollenberg, which to me finds its greatest expression in Zusslin’s Pinot Noirs....
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