“A French insurance company owns a Chateau?” the woman’s voice says, incredulous. Yes, one can imagine that most people think that a top wine chateau in Bordeaux is owned by a French aristocrat, yet the world has taken quite a turn since the days that this might have been the case. Today the French [...]

  Today is the first day of Harvest at Brane-Cantenac … one of my favorite wineries in Bordeaux and I must say, I wish I was there! Above is a photograph taken earlier, and the grapes look perfect and ripe! When i think of Bordeaux, I usually think of fun and sun (and wine, of [...]

So excited to read the June 30, 2011 issue of Wine Spectator and see that Mr. Molesworth has given some of my favorite wineries top points! I also tasted these wines at En Primeur, and agree with his notes. Happy to see that Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron (Pauillac 2010) received 95 – 98 points, with Mr. [...]

The 2010 vintage represented some fabulous sweet wines.     As always, I tasted blind, finding it interesting to note the nuances between wines of the same vintage and relatively same region. When the tasting was over and the “answer sheets” passed around, I was pleased to see that some of my favorite wineries got [...]

   …. so if you have seen a picture of me picking botrytized grapes in Tokaji (Hungary) and Sauternes (France) you now can imagine how different it its to pick frozen grapes in the middle of winter, in the midst of a blizzard! The grapes have a net around them to protect them from birds. [...]

VisitingChateau Suduiraut Today we visited the AXA Chataeu Suduiraut property in Sauternes, escorted by the lively Corinne . We were met by the very affable Pierre Montegut, the technical director, and from that moment it was clear the day would be very enjoyable. The Vineyard of Chateau Suduiraut “Here are shears – now we cut!” [...]