Recent Site Updates

Bordeaux Viticulture (18/5/13)
The latest instalment of my Bordeaux guide.

Château Cos d'Estournel (18/5/13)
An update after meeting Aymeric de Gironde.

Primeur Picks 2012 (16/5/13)
Concluding recommendations for Bordeaux 2012.

Sauternes & Barsac 2012 (16/5/13)
Redefining 'difficult'.

AC Bordeaux 2012 (15/5/13)
Some of the vintage's most fascinating wines.

Jeanne Gaillard Collines Rhodaniennes Syrah 2012 (13/513)
Purity and freshness from the Northern Rhône.

This Weeks Featured Article
Luneau-Papin Update

Excited by the opportunity to meet some relative newcomers to the Vouvray firmament, and taste wines from the appellation never before encountered, I have focused more than usual on that region recently. I really enjoyed writing up those tastings, because although it is always useful to revisit the likes of Huet, Foreau, Fouquet......
Read on in the first of a series of Muscadet articles, beginning today with my Luneau-Papin Update. (14/5/13)

Recent Blog Posts
Loire Misunderstood #1: Herbaceousness (16/05/13)
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Pierre Gaillard, 2011 Vintage (14/05/13)
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Sauternes #6: Chateau Lafaure-Peyraguey 2007 (09/05/13)
Take a straw poll of favourite Sauternes vintages and I susp...
Decanter Judging: Grand Variety (01/05/13)
Wednesday was another day of judging on behalf of Decanter, ...
Decanter Judging: Sauvignon City (30/04/13)
Today was a good day judging at the Decanter World Wine Awar...
Site Update Archive

May

Bordeaux Wine Guide: White Varieties (12/5/13)
Goulée (11/5/13) An update.
Médoc 2012 (10/5/13) Clay and Merlot.
Haut-Médoc 2012 (9/5/13) Gravel and Cabernet.
Moulis & Listrac 2012 (8/5/13) Difficult wines.
Feasting On Foreau. (7/5/13) Fifteen wines tasted.
Bernard Baudry Chinon La Croix Boisée 2009 (6/5/13)
Bordeaux Wine Guide: Red Varieties (5/5/13)
St Emilion 2012 classification (4/5/13) An update.
Domaine de Bellivière: 2013 Update (3/5/13) What's hot, what's not.
Castillon & Co. 2012 (2/5/13) Good quality and value.
St Emilion 2012 (1/5/13) A mixed bunch.

April

Pomerol 2012. (30/4/13) Top commune, top wine.
Domaine de Bellemare Les Granges de Félines 2012 (29/4/13)
Margaux 2012 (25/4/13) Some success here.
Domaine des Aubuisières: 2013 Update (25/4/13) News and notes.
St Julien 2012 (24/4/13) More difficulties here.
Pauillac 2012 (23/4/13) A difficult vintage.
Philippe Alliet Chinon Coteau de Noiré 2009 (22/4/13)
St Estèphe 2012 (19/4/13) Surprising success here.
Vincent Carême: 2013 Update (18/4/13) News and developments.
Pessac-Léognan 2012 (17/4/13) Tempered success.
Bordeaux 2012 (16/4/13) My primeurs report begins.
Egly-Ouriet Brut Tradition Grand Cru NV (15/4/13)
Bordeaux Climate (6/4/13) My new guide continues.
Château Monbousquet (5/4/13) I profile this Perse estate.
François Chidaine (4/4/13) One of the Loire's true leaders.
Château Haut-Marbuzet (3/4/13) A new profile.
Sébastien Brunet (2/4/13) Another new Vouvry name.
Château Talbot Caillou Blanc 2009 (1/4/13)

March

Bordeaux Geology (31/3/13) Rocks, soils and wines.
Clos Fourtet (30/3/13) A brief update.
Wedgwood (29/3/13) Foraged leaves and more.
Frantz Saumon: 2013 Update (28/3/13) Recent releases tasted.
Château Ormes de Pez (27/3/13) An updated profile.
François Chidaine (26/3/13) The latest notes.
Les Cailloux du Paradis Racines 2008 (25/3/13)

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