The vintage was highly regarded among the critics—the extremely positive reception gave the campaign legs and turned some releases into great successes....
Read MoreI’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 MoreThe top traded wine by both value and volume was Margaux 2009....
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 MoreHere’s my conspiracy theory. As I’m interviewing winemakers and château owners each year during the Primeurs period, I start to hear the same words and stories, over and over again....
Read MoreYour definitive list of the 20 wines that received the highest scores of all 2019 Bordeaux En Primeur wine reviews and ratings thus far....
Read MoreThere’s a lot of value to be had in the 2019 Bordeaux futures. Here are our top 25 picks for high-quality, good-value wine buys....
Read MoreI think discoveries—of anything—should be as much about the sharing of journeys behind those discoveries as they are about unveiling that recently unearthed treasure....
Read MoreWhat is glaringly apparent when tasting the bottled 2018 wines is that the pinnacles of greatness all boiled down to location, location, location....
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