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An Introduction to Bordeaux 2014 En Primeur

Returning from Bordeaux following a week’s tasting at the UGC, there is a real feeling of confidence regarding the quality of the vintage. I arrived slightly cautious last Sunday wondering whether it was just the châteaux

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Bordeaux 2014: A “vigneron’s” vintage

I have just come back from an intense couple of days tasting all the best that Bordeaux has to offer this year. 2014 seems to be a real winemaker’s vintage

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Wine of the night | 2009 Ch Lanessan Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc

At a client tasting last night there was one wine that stood out amongst many of its more prestigious Left Bank neighbours, Chateau Lanessan 2009. Serving this blind I asked guests for price predictions, results were £35-40 a bottle.

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Winning Fleurie sets the standard

In a recent Beaujolais review of 100 producers, Antonio Galloni named one of our favourite Fleurie’s as equal 1st – 2013 Fleurie ‘Cuvee Tardive’ Clos de la Roilette.

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The Keeper: Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy Pommier 2012

Isabelle and Denis Pommier’s Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy was Jane MacQuitty’s “Keeper” in The Times yesterday! The wine had already

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