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In the midst of lockdown having been lifted on June 2nd and the start of the Bordeaux 2019 futures or en primeurs campaign, our CONGRATULATIONS TO BORDEAUX on the opening today 10 June 2020 of the Bassins de Lumieres.

Pandemic Update! Hong Kong relaxes quarantine rules for largest listed firms such as Tencent and Alibaba  

Proprietor of VCC – Vieux Chateau Certan – Alexandre Thienpont Price per bottle ex-chateau (to negociants) Chateau Angelus €230 Chateau Ausone €420 Chateau d’Armailhac €28.80 Chateau Beausejour Duffau-Lagarrosse €78 Chateau Beau-Sejour-Becot €37.80 Chateau Beychevelle €52.80 Chateau Branaire-Ducru €28.20 Chateau Canon €69.60 Chateau Canon-la-Gaffeliere €49 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion €64.80 Chateau Chasse-Spleen …

Starting Monday 8 June 2020, travellers from Singapore can fly to China – and vice versa – without having to undergo quarantine upon arrival. The “fast lane” agreement between the two countries applies only to six Chinese municipalities and provinces: Shanghai Tianjin Chongqing Guangdong Jiangsu Zhejiang Visits are confined to business …

Pandemic Update! WHO COMPLAINS The Guardian – one of the world’s leading newspapers particularly renowned for its investigative journalism – has just reported that officials within the World Health Organisation complained in internal meetings during the week of 6 January 2020 that Beijing was not sharing important data needed to evaluate the risk …

Oldest Winery Calls for Removal of Duty (click photo to read article)

Best Rosé in the World Clos du Temple is a biodynamic wine. The 8-hectare vineyard is in Cabrieres in the Languedoc. Gerard Bertrand’s Clos du Temple 2019 has been named Best Rosé of the World at the Global Rosé Masters of Drinks Business 2020 organised by Drinks Business. Remarkably, the first vintage of Clos du Temple is 2018. Located in …

Pandemic Update! RESTAURANTS MAY REOPEN IN MID-JUNE Retail shops and restaurants may reopen in the middle of June in Singapore. Singapore is relaxing its lockdown this coming Monday 1 June 2020 with schools reopening and the manufacturing sector going back to work. Offices will remain closed. The relaxation is described …

A MONUMENT VS THE LAUREL & HARDY SHOW Winston Churchill in one word. Sacrifice. Boris Johnson likes to imagine he is like Winston Churchill. The current Prime Minister of Britain is entirely deluded. Churchill was a courageous soldier, accomplished war- and peace-time journalist, First Lord of the Admiralty (during World War I), …

Pandemic Update! PORTUGAL REOPENS Quinta do Noval in the Douro Starting this weekend Saturday 30 May 2020, you can visit the vineyards of the Douro and UNESCO World Heritage Site Porto (aka Oporto) without having to be quarantined upon arrival. ‘Portugal’s health system responds well, and this is very important …