2023 Bordeaux
I used to love Bordeaux EP. Genuinely love it. The excitement, the sales, the commercial birth of a new vintage from the most important wine region in the wor...
Tag: bordeaux en primeur
2014 Duhart-Milon
2014 Duhart-Milon was released last week. Working on margins that make a wine merchant wonder why they didn’t work harder at school, it is offered in the UK at...
2014 Bordeaux: my top three
In spite of its failings – which are many – I love en-primeur. The excitement of a new wine. The birth, if you like, of wines that will develop into something...
Monsieur Caviste
I can’t remember his name, so I’ll call him Monsieur Caviste, because that’s what he was. I wonder what he’s doing now. My best guess is that he’s one of thos...
Kissing a fool
Last week I fell back in love with Bordeaux a bit. Just a bit. And I’ve never really been out of love with Bordeaux, it’s just, well, there is only so much yo...