Musigny Grand Cru Vertical Tasting 1943 – 2007 with Veroni...
The Musigny Grand Cru is an historically important site in Burgundy with vineyards on the site dating back to Gallo-Roman times. It was singled...
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Wines
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Brunello di Montalcino – The Young Minds of Montalcino
Trying to reach Sangiovese’s true potential in Montalcino Sangiovese, like Pinot Noir, is very much susceptible to over-cropping and in recent years has been...
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Bordeaux 2017: EP Round-Up Week VIII
It’s like waiting for buses. None show up and then they all come at once. This has been the concertina effect that has come...
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DOMAINE ANNE GROS
Click here to view the current selection of Domaine Anne Gros at FINE+RARE. The ‘Fille de François Gros’ 30 years on… Now one of the...
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BORDEAUX 2017: EP ROUND-UP WEEK V
Chateau Lynch Bages was easily the biggest release from the left bank to come out this week and with a similar strategy to Chateau...
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Bordeaux EP 2017 Campaign – Week 3 Update
It has been very quiet this week due to the public holidays spread across the week in France. However Denis Durantou winemaker at Chateau...
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Blending Masterclass at Chateau Pichon Lalande
Blending is an art form and remains rarely understood amongst us normal wine enthusiasts. The more one thinks about the process and the many...
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Bordeaux Round-Up – Week 2 of Bordeaux EP 2017
This week saw a very slow start due to the bank holidays in France on Monday and Wednesday but the latter part of...
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The Sub-Regions of Barolo and their very different flavour p...
Why is it important? Understanding the sub regions of Barolo is really worth some investigation because generally speaking each of the communes have a...
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2017: Week 1 Round-Up
With just under 100 wines released through ‘La Place de Bordeaux’ this week, the En Primeur campaign kicked-off with the surprise release of Chateau...
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THE ART OF ELEVAGE – PART ONE: FREDERIC MAGNIEN
Frederic Magnien, a well-known winemaker on the Cote d’Or, sources grapes throughout the region in order to make single-vineyard wines, which currently total 44...
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Vintage Port 2016
Not since 2011 have so many Port houses declared a vintage year. The good news is that the 2016s have been defined by their...
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