Bordeaux

SIBLING RIVALRYPAVILLON ROUGE & BIG SISTER MARGAUX A great terroir needs the weather at its most cooperative to produce exceptional wine. Light and sun at the right time; wind when needed; and rain when precipitation is called for. Put in another way, timing is all-important. At a tasting last week …

Chateau Yquem One of my most memorable assignments took place over the course of a week in May 2014. I was asked by YQUEM to organise and pair five dinners with top influencers and media in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai. The vintages served at the five dinners …

Chateau Lagrange Chief Winemaker & General Manager Matthieu Bordes and Min Jiang Chef CHAN Hwan Kee Welcome Matthieu Bordes to Singapore for the first time in three years! Thank you for visiting Singapore to be Guest-of-Honour at three dinners and conduct a tasting for committee members of Disciples of Escoffier …

BREAKING NEWS! FINAL 8 SEATS A reader who had reserved 8 seats is releasing them. He had hoped to travel to Singapore in anticipation of his country lifting quarantine restrictions when he returned. As this has not happened, he is releasing his 8 seats at Chateau Pichon Comtesse Masterclass.

DOMAINE DE CHEVALIER MASTERCLASS • ADRIEN BERNARD • SATURDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2022 Adrien Bernard (right) with his younger brother Winemaker Hugo (left) and their father Olivier. The trio are photographed with Adrien’s beloved Triumph Spitfire MK II Adrien Bernrad, 39, is in charge of the office and commercial aspects of …

Vines are believed to have been cultivated at Lagrange for some 600 years. The Saint- Julien chateau has the largest vineyard – 118 hectares in one single block – of the Classified Growths of the Médoc Chateau Lagrange is one of my favourite Bordeaux. General Manager Matthieu Bordes is also one …

“2019 delivers some fantastic wines, both white and red … Harmony, balance and freshness are definitely the hallmarks … The reds show fine, integrated tannins and bright finishes …extremely aromatic and perfumed from the outset, with complexity in fruit and soil-derived nuances such as flowers, wet earth, mushrooms and bark …

The first four vintages of the 21st Century reaffirm that weather conditions contribute dramatically to the final wine BORDEAUX 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003CLIMATE • WEATHER • TEMPERATURES The first four vintages of the 21st Century – assuming you consider 2000 as belonging to the 21st rather than as the final vintage of …

Bordeaux blanc that is a pure Sauvignon. Chateau Castera, north of Saint-Estephe, has an ancient history. A treasure of the estate is a bill of sale dated 21 January 1616 signed by Anthoinette de Montaigne. One of the oldest documents in the Medoc pertaining to wine, it is proudly exhibited …

“In 2021, while the world was distracted by the battle against Covid, Mother Nature engineered a series of weather setbacks to negate the effects of global warming, thereby ensuring it was impossible to make overly alcoholic wine.” That is part of what I wrote in my latest Sinophile column in …