Château Grillet – the Artémis effect

Ch Grillet grapes and vineyard steward

The northern Rhône's most recherché white, and the case for keeping corks in bottlenecks. Above, the apogee of Viognier grapes?

It’s a fact that wine is being drunk younger and younger nowadays. A small group of men in the UK have got together to suggest that this is seriously regrettable.

They have chosen the name Libération Tardive for their not-for-profit foundation, which I think is a slight mistake. Long gone are the days when all things French seemed superior in the world of wine, and you have to have a decent working knowledge of the language to know that the...