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Bordeaux 2023 in bottle – the crus bourgeois
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 24 December 2025
• 7 min read
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Bordeaux 2023 in bottle – the grands crus
Andy Howard MW
Tuesday 23 December 2025
• 9 min read
Book reviews
The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews
Ben Colvill
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Château Margaux's long-awaited third wine will be released this September. The debut vintage of Margaux du Château Margaux, 2009, will...
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It's an ill wind that blows no one any good. Stéphanie de Boüard at least may be rather grateful for...
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21 Mar – Stéphanie de Boüard responds: I just wanted to point out the fact that the two information contained...
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Yohan Castaing writes: The French businessman, Jacky Lorenzetti, backer of the Parisian rugby team Racing Metro inter alia, has bought...
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I bumped into Andrew Caillard MW and a film crew several times in 2011. They were pretty obviously present at...
Book reviews
As in previous years, Irish broadcaster and writer Paul O'Doherty reviews the year's wine books. All his views are his...
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I suspect I was not the only Bordeaux watcher to be quite surprised by the appointment less than two years...
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Now that its owner has announced that Jean-Guillaume Prats, the public face of Château Cos d'Estournel, the leading St-Estèphe property...
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What a treat it was to be invited to a dinner featuring the luscious Pomerol Ch Trotanoy organised recently by...
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Just before I left London for the Languedoc earlier this month, I happened to see quite a few people in...
Wines of the week
From £45 a dozen in bond (£6.78 a bottle) Find Ch Le Peyrat 2004 Find Ch Barreyres 2009
In a...
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Anthony Maxwell of Liv-ex contacted me this morning to draw my attention to the most recent addition to the blog...
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I last saw the director of Ch Latour Frédéric Engerer at a wedding in Hong Kong in early March. He...
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Those interested in the market for fine bordeaux should know that Ch Latour made public yesterday their intention of withdrawing...
Tasting articles
I had to remain at The London Clinic with Nick so couldn’t attend John Avery’s funeral last Friday, but according...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For full tasting notes, see Purple...
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