The Bordeaux tour continues in early September with a morning visit to Chateau Figeac, one of my favorite wines of St Emilion, and a very unique wine because – unlike most St Emilion wines – it has up to 70% Cabernet! And the way the weather is developing for 2010 – dry and hot – [...]

I read with great interest the New York Times of August 24, where wine writer Eric Asimov praises small winemakers in Bordeaux and contrasts them with the big chateaux, ‘a world of brand-name products sold like luxury goods,’ he wrote.
It was refreshing to read about smaller winemakers, more modest, who make ‘natural’ wines, with ‘no [...]

Chateau Haut Bailly
For over 10 years now, I have been visiting Bordeaux at least twice a year, and I have come to like certain wines more than others. One of my favorites in the appellation of Pessac-Leognan, located in the southern Leognan part, is Haut Bailly. Chateau director Veronique Sanders [...]

Langoa and Léoville Barton vertical dinner at ProWein in Düsseldorf, held at Wine Live bistro and wine bar on 22 March 2010 with Lilian Barton, co-owner

Once again, I take stock of and give thanks for the existence of Château Langoa Barton – and the vineyards of the more famous Chateau Léoville [...]

17 vintages of Château Gruaud Larose spanning almost a century, from 1918 to 2009…

Identified as a Third Growth in the 1855 Médoc Classification, Château Palmer in Margaux has long surpassed its official status, and is counted among the very top echelon of Bordeaux estates. Its 120 acres of deep gravely stone, ideally situated near the Gironde River, create an excellent microclimate for plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and [...]