Loire wine: bike through the French valley of castles and vineyards
Swirling through the French Loire Valley on a bicycle can dilute the guilt one feels on most wine tasting trips. You are not just pouring litres of the Loire wine ...
Marketing wine: Bordeaux and Champagne rule the world
As the 2010 En Primeur frenzy escalates in Bordeaux one has to think what is all that craze all about? These are just some wine makers selling their wine before ...
Right Bank Bordeaux 1998 with Jasper Morris, MW
A flight through 1998 Bordeaux with a Master of Wine Jasper Morris at Berry Bros.& Rudd in London revealed the strengths of this vintage in the Right Bank of the ...
Art in Napa Valley
Art in Napa Valley thrives. In their excellent book The Art & Science of Wine James Halliday & Hugh Johnson, renowned Masters of Wine, propagate winemaking as an art form ...
Bordeaux: Two neighbours – Château Palmer and Château Margaux
Château Palmer, the king of gold elegance is nesting just next to the majestic symbol of Margaux - the Château Margaux, bearing the same name as the AOC known for ...
Château Lynch Bages
Château Lynch Bages proprietor goes an extra mile to enhance the pleasure from his wines. Lynch Bages winery belongs to the Médoc region in Bordeaux and literally 'sticks' to the ...
Cheval Blanc 2009 vintage
On my recent visit to Bordeaux I visited the famous Chateau Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and tasted the miraculous 2009 vintage just before it will be bottled in two ...
Bordeaux Appellations
It may seem complex, but in fact the appellation system is much easier to apply in Bordeaux than in Burgundy. The Bordeaux appellation system ( and of all France) is ...
Bordeaux: Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Nesting in Graves between the villages of Martillac and a bit bigger Léognan you will find Châteav Smith Havt Lafitte. It was bought by the end of the eighties by ...
