Haut-Brion and La Mission 1961-2005
It is often said these days that Bordeaux has become a soulless place, dominated by corporateowned châteaux that seem to…
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World Wine Symposium 2009
by Neil Beckett All too often, like the grand cru Burgundies of inglorious négociants in unpropitious times, the muchheralded international…
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Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry
Jean-Robert PitteBordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry (translated by Malcolm DeBevoise)Published by University of California Press US $24.95 / £14.95 Reviewed by…
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Adventures in Spätburgunder
For most Pinotphiles, it comes as a surprise that Germany is the world’s third-largest Pinot Noir producer after France and…
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Bollinger RD 1959–1997
Bollinger’s annual summer lunch for the British press — always an unmissable gastronomic date — had particular interest last year.…
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Bottle Variation
Most wine criticism implicitly suggests that a judgment based on a tasting of one bottle can be applied to every…
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Domaine De Trévallon 1988–2004
by Angela Lloyd At a blind tasting presented to friends ten years ago, the seven red wines offered were variously…
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The stars come out in Naples, Florida, as part of its next Winter Wine Festival
From Perrin to Ponsot and Powell, and from Castiglione and Kalosa to Colgin, without, of course, forgetting Symington, Allegrini, Antinori,…
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