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Leap into Luxury: Super-Tuscan 2007 Messorio from Le Macchiole
Some Super-Tuscans scream luxury but the 2007 Messorio from Le Macchiole is a quiet wine that opens before you as you taste it, to give the feeling of falling forward into space: like a confident step...
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The end of the critic? Why Carruades de Lafite is an important indicator for...
The ultimate wine brand in in the world is not Lafite. It is Lafite’s second wine: Carruades de Lafite. Once the Bordeaux circus returns, the points are published and the prices are drip-fed out to...
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Back to the Future: Comparing 1967 En Primeur to now
If you want peace from the crazy highs of the Bordeaux campaign, then there is nothing that gives more solace than German Riesling. Here is a wine once sold as hotly as Bordeaux but now quietly sits on...
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Burgundy Diary, Tasting 2010
My Burgundy Diary from last week’s trip can be found here on Bibendum Times. ”Les Trois Dames from Bibendum” spent the week tasting the latest 2010 vintage (and more) from producers: Robert Denogent,...
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Bordeaux 2012 – A letter to a friend
… The first couple of days had some bettter wines than expected but nothing that rolled out the red carpet in the mind. You know, when the stars come out and the flash bulbs starting flashing....
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This is what Bordeaux En Primeur week is like: it seems quite leisurely as we talk but it is really a quick yearly catch up on what has been happening since last time we met. This year CEO Thomas...
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2012 Burgundy vintage – the new normal?
I was reminded of Schumacher when I was in snowy Burgundy recently to taste the 2012 vintage. The British economist wrote a book in 1973 called “Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People...
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There was a lot of talk about Bordeaux before I left for holidays… Is en primeur 2013 on or not? On that hanging question, I left it all behind at Stanstead Airport for a week of mint tea and tagines...
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People are not afraid of a roundabout in Bordeaux. This is the first thing you must understand when you go there. The roads are circles within circles. Lately I have fielded questions from friends and...
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Barolo 2010 at Fine + Rare: Euclid’s Revenge
There are many buildings from the 1970s that I would want knocked down, but one called la Maison de la Celle Saint-Cloud is not one of them. Opened in 1974 in Paris and designed by Jean Pierre...
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