MW Symposium Bordeaux – part 3

Friday's final session was as meaty as the previous one on the merits of families versus corporations in the wine business. 'Passing the torch from one generation to another' assembled three fathers, two sons and a daughter, with Fiona Morrison MW moderating, presumably having already cajoled two of Bordeaux's winemaking dynasties to appear on the stage. This was the only session that was not entirely in English, the Bordelais preferring to stick with their native language.

First up was Jean-Bernard Delmas, who is now consulting at Ch Montrose but started working with his régisseur father at Ch Haut-Brion in...