Author Archives for Simon Field MW

Liber Pater: The shock of the old

August 17, 2022 9:15 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

Liber Pater is the most expensive wine in the world. Simon Field MW attends a rare London tasting to ascertain... View Article

August 11, 2022 1:06 pm Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

A tasting of luminous sweet wines (plus an impressive dry bottling) from the AXA Millésimes-owned Tokaj estate Disznókő was testament... View Article

June 18, 2022 4:40 pm Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings concludes with the wines of Sauternes and Barsac. ... View Article

June 17, 2022 5:40 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings continue with wines from St-Emilion, Pomerol, Lalande de... View Article

June 16, 2022 5:56 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings continue with wines from the Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Moulis,... View Article

June 15, 2022 12:27 pm Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

Simon Field MW’s tasting notes from the Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings begin with wines from St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St-Julien, and... View Article

June 14, 2022 10:33 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

After a run of warm years, 2021 Bordeaux was initially typecast as a “challenging” vintage, but it is perhaps better... View Article

June 9, 2022 1:29 pm Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

In his final blog from his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur expedition, Simon Field MW attempts to summarize the unsummarizable. “The... View Article

June 7, 2022 9:33 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

In the penultimate blog from his Bordeaux 2021 en primeur tastings, Simon Field MW reflects on the quality of the... View Article

June 6, 2022 10:34 am Published by Simon Field MW Leave your thoughts

The caricature of Bordeaux is of a cautiously conservative region. But, during three weeks of intensive tastings and visits while... View Article