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Penfolds bin numbers are codes, not a ranking
There is a particular kind of confusion that only happens with numbers. Tell someone a...
Read morePape Clement and the vineyard the city grew around
There is a tram out of central Bordeaux that runs west towards the airport. Get...
Read moreChateau Olivier and the long lag on vineyard change
If a wine estate decides today to fix a problem in its vineyard, the first...
Read moreMontrose, Saint-Estephe and where the tannin comes from
Take a mouthful of young Cabernet and something happens that has nothing to do with...
Read moreMoet & Chandon and the hard work of tasting the same
A wedding banquet in Tsim Sha Tsui gets through forty bottles of Champagne over four...
Read moreMarkus Molitor and why Spatlese does not mean sweet
A customer asks for a dry white and gets handed a German Riesling labelled Spatlese....
Read moreThe Mahjong Project and what a single cask really is
A barrel of whisky is a tradeable object, and it moves around more than most...
Read moreMacallan, sherry casks and why colour misleads
Two glasses on the same table. One is pale, almost like white wine. The other...
Read moreLynch-Bages and what deep Pauillac gravel tastes like
If you dig a pit in a Medoc vineyard, the interesting part is not the...
Read moreLouis Roederer, light strike and the reserve wine behind it
Leave a bottle of pale wine on a bright windowsill for an afternoon and it...
Read moreLouis Latour and what whole bunches do to red Burgundy
Pour a red Burgundy into a glass and hold it over a white tablecloth. You...
Read moreLouis Jadot and whether owning the vineyard matters
There is a question people learn to ask about wine early, and then ask for...
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