
May 5, 2023
Bordeaux 2022: The Sun’s Anvil
As Édouard Moueix told us during our recent tastings in Bordeaux, 2022 was a year in which the sudden heat of May jolted flowering to life and ushered in a pattern of heat spikes – one in each of J...

August 23, 2022
Blended by Us
You will probably have heard the word ‘blend’ used in many contexts – from tea and coffee to perfume or spices. And of course, wine. In fact, it’s more than likely that the wine in your glass ...

April 20, 2022
Vintage Report – Bordeaux 2021: Back to the Future
“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine…?” Marty McFly, 1985 Photo credit: Alain Benoit It seemed that ‘climate change vintages’ were here to stay....

April 4, 2022
Bordeaux En Primeur – the basics
Spring — bluebells, birdsong and of course, Bordeaux. Now as much as we rejoice at winter’s end and relish the prospect of longer days, warmer weather and the sights and sounds of a new season, at...

March 23, 2022
Producer spotlight: Nina Mitjavile
Nina Mitjavile. Copyright – Leif Carlsson Nina Mitjavile’s passion for wine was ignited as a child playing in the vines and among the barrels in her father’s wine cellar. This develop...

July 1, 2021
BORDEAUX 2020: IT’S A WRAP
Well, that was Bordeaux 2020. How was it for you? As we said in our initial report (see here), the 2020s are joyous, expressive wines. There is a particular sweetness and intensity of fruit, which shi...

May 6, 2021
Bordeaux 2020: Holy Trinity or Three’s a Crowd?
2020 in Bordeaux is good. It’s really good. But coming hot on the heels of two strong vintages, we’re going to need some convincing. Sequels are notoriously tricky and Part Three is the thorniest ...

June 29, 2020
Bordeaux Bulletin #3: A Clean Pair of Heels
Blink and you’d have missed it but that was Bordeaux 2019, folks. That vapour trail you see disintegrating in the clear blue sky? As ephemeral as an allocation of Mouton 2019. Before we get into the...

June 15, 2020
Bordeaux Bulletin #2: Fever Pitch
Phew, what a week. Fears that there would be no 2019 Bordeaux campaign have been swept away in a deluge of releases, reaching a high-water mark last week. Things started positively and, in retrospect,...

May 29, 2020
Bordeaux 2019: virus prone?
Bordeaux finds itself in a dilemma. How to sell the 2019 vintage as the starting pistol is fired on what will likely prove to be the global recession of a lifetime? The elephant in this particular roo...