April 21, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: In conversation with Louis Mitjavile
Louis Mitjavile from Domaine de l’Aurage answered 5 questions about 2016 vintage. Interviewer: Guy Seddon, fine wine buyer. Read our Vintage Report and view all our tasting notes. Sign up t...
April 21, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: In conversation with Edouard Moueix
Edouard Moueix from J-P Moueix shared his views on Bordeaux En Primeur 2016 pricing and how his properties fared in the 2016 vintage. Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, managing Director Read our Vintag...
April 21, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: In conversation with Olivier Berrouet
We couldn’t pass up the chance to speak to Olivier Berrouet , winemaker at Chateau Petrus about the vintage 2016. It was a pleasure speaking to this legend of Bordeaux! https://www.youtube.com/w...
April 21, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: In conversation with Francois Mitjaville
We pin down Francois Mitjavile from Châteaux Tertre Roteboeuf & Roc de Cambes to ask his opinions about Bordeaux En Primeur 2016. This man is always good value! Interviewer: Adam Brett-Smith, M...
April 18, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: Day 7
I said at the end of the Day 6 post that there was a new tradition of tasting Pingus in Bordeaux, well one much older tradition for the C&B team is to spend a Saturday with the Moueix family. Almo...
April 18, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: Day 6
One of those special days…. We are lucky in the wine trade to have quite a few days of “work” which our friends and customers would view as anything but. This was just that sort of day. Fitting ...
April 11, 2017
Bordeaux 2016: Vintage Report
You know when Google Street View jumps from grey drizzle to brilliant sunshine in one click? That was the 2016 growing season in Bordeaux. A see-saw with one see and one saw. It ricocheted from an ex...
April 10, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: Day 5
“Second Growths first and First Growths second” It was a very early start made slightly more difficult by the fact that we couldn’t access the 7th floor, where our hotel serves breakfast...
April 8, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: Day 4
A lot of tasting, opinions getting formed… 6.30am breakfast and the “wheels roll” at 7am! However many times you do it there is just something odd (wrong?) about leaving for a wine tasting in th...
April 5, 2017
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016: Day 3
With day three dawning we split the resources, a car heading up to taste at Palmer – typically good wines though small production – and the main “wagon” heading to the ever fascinating...