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…
By
Uncategorized
Latest in
Uncategorized
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…
By
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…
By
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…
By
Stocking Up or Showing Off?
I hesitate to declare this for the third Liquid Assets in a row, but the consensus among the trade seems…
By
Successful swagger
The first quarter of 2012 saw wine prices stabilize following their emphatic drop in the latter half of the previous…
By
Bidding for bidders
In the first quarter of 2012, the Liv-ex indices seemed to have stabilized, posting small gains across the board. But…
By
Lower but Wider
Having kicked off assertively-some might say ferociously-2011 turned into a year of retreat and rationalization for the wine trade. Since…
By
