Bordeaux

Fairprice Finest • Just Wine Club Private Sale

Lovers of Bordeaux are in for a treat. FairPrice Finest Just Wine Club Private Wine Fair Sale • Saturday 26 March 2022 • Thomson Plaza • is rounding up some reds that are drinking deliciously now. Foremost is the second wine of Second Growth Chateau Brane Cantenac. Baron de Brane 2014 (normal …

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New Technical Director at Chateau Pichon Baron

From left, Pierre Montégut, Christian Seely and Jean-René Matignon After 36 years as Technical Director of Chateau Pichon Baron, Jean-René Matignon has decided to step down and retire in April of this year. Since 2001, Jean-René Matignon has been working with Christian Seely, Managing Director AXA Millésimes, and during this time he …

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New Company in Bordeaux

Jacques Thienpont (right) has appointed Diana Berrouet Garcia (left) as the managing director of his new company Jacques Thienpont has announced the appointment of Diana Berrouet Garcia as managing director of the newly formed company Domaines Jacques Thienpont. Berrouet Garcia will take over many of the roles that Thienpont had undertaken in the development …

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Chateau Haut-Brion Visitors’ Centre

Domaine Clarence Dillon inaugurated the Pavillon Catelan in July 2021. The 19th Century building serves as the reception for Chateau Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. Pavillon Catelan also includes the wine shop La Cave du Chateau (the first of which was opened in 2015 in Paris, just off the Champs …

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Emily Loves Bordeaux

Emily in Paris debuted on 2 October 2020. The popular Netflix show is returning for its second season on 22 December 2021. Played by Lily Collins, Emily in Paris is about a 20-something American who moves to Paris from Chicago for a job in a French marketing company. Although supposed to bring an American point of …

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Wine of the Week • 21 September 2021

Chateau Rieussec 2001 Classified as a First Growth in the 1855 Classification of Sauternes & Barsac, Chateau Rieussec is part of the stable of estates belonging to Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite, proprietors also of Chateau Duhart-Milon, L’Evangile and, of course, Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Rieussec was acquired by DBR in …

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Wine of the Week • 20 August 2021

  Clos Cantenac 2018 Clos Cantenac is an hour’s drive from 1855 Second Growth Chateau Brane Cantenac in Margaux. Therein lies the distance and geography between the association all but in name. The St-Emilion Grand Cru is about five hectares of vineyard. A bounty of deep blue/black fruit – berries, …

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Register Now!

The Tok Kong Tasting hopefully will take place Sunday 28 November 2021 Registration starts Monday 26 July 2021 Participants must be vaccinated by 1 November 2021 Participants will be presented a Riedel Crystal Glass (worth S$28) to use throughout the tasting Reservation on a first-come first-served basis following payment of entrance fee Only 350 places available in each …

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Bordeaux 2020 • Outstanding Whites

When all 6 wines – from the same producer – are superb to exceptional, that’s irrefutable proof they know what they are doing. Clos des Lunes, Domaine de la Solitude, Chateau Lespault-Martillac, and Domaine de la Chevalier are part of the portfolio of the Bernard Family. The clan is led by Olivier Bernard. And complemented by …

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 The Remarkable Barton Family

In 1826, Hugh Barton bought a part of the original Leoville estate that was to become Chateau Leoville Barton and which was ranked a Second Growth in the 1855 Classification of the Médoc It is often observed that the average lifespan of a family’s ownership of a Bordeaux chateau is …

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