Oh precious liquor. What can one do without you?
Reviewed by Stuart Walton The only radical intoxicant still permitted to the mass of humanity, other than where religious interdiction…
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Does the Answer Lie in the Soil?
The word “terroir” comes from soil, and I have always assumed that the dominant influence on terroir (insofar as influences…
Stemming the Tide
The world of fine wine is big and diverse, and it’s dangerous to make generalizations. But if we take a…
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Classical and Oriental Spirits
Sentiment, of course, should never affect our judgment. It certainly did, I’m afraid, when we drank a bottle of Château…
2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Grand, Spectacular, Running Wild
The confronting excesses of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are not for everyone, says Andrew Jefford. But if you can accept the concentrated, texturally…
Wine Lister: Making New Points
Can any judgment of fine wine be entirely objective? Not, perhaps, if we’re talking about the qualities in the glass…
Acid Test: Acidity and Acidification in Napa Valley
Asking winemakers in warm climates whether or not they acidify their wines is like asking writers if they use a…
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Domaine Hubert Lamy St-Aubin 1973–2011
Olivier Lamy was born in 1973, the year his father Hubert took over from grandfather Jean. Olivier finished school in…
