Ornellaia 1990–2010
On May 16, 2013, a tasting was held in a sumptuously artbedecked gallery at Sotheby’s in London of the wines…
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Henschke Hill of Grace 1958–2008
Henschke’s Hill of Grace is Australia’s most famous singlevineyard wine. The first vines were planted in 1860 by Nicolaus Stanitski,…
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Peter Lehmann (1930–2013): The larrikin lion that roare
Once met, never forgotten. Unless you’re the Queen of England. That was the Barossa Valley winemaking legend Peter Lehmann. Lehmann…
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Jadot Chevalier-Montrachet and Musigny
Pierre-Henry Gagey and the team at Maison Louis Jadot organized a splendid double vertical in the Jadot cuverie to celebrate…
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A chacun son goût: A refreshing trio of new Bordeaux books
Stephen Brook The Complete Bordeaux: The Wines, the Châteaux, the People (Revised Edition) Mitchell Beazley $60 / £45 Jane Anson…
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2011 Vintage Port: Purity, ripeness, and structure mark a great year in the Douro
There were smiles on the faces of the Port shippers at the end of 2011 in a year when growers…
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Drouhin Musigny 1978–2009
The Drouhin holding of Musigny covers 0.67ha (1.6 acres) at the northern end of the grand cru. It is mostly…
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Looking back and forth
The fine-wine recession lasted longer than expected. At the beginning of 2012, 59 percent of trade professionals predicted that the…
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