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Clerc Milon is not the offcut of a famous neighbour
There is a shop in every outlet mall that sells the same brand as the...
Read moreChassenay d'Arce and the two letters on a Champagne label
Somewhere on the label of every bottle of Champagne, usually in type small enough that...
Read moreCharles Mignon and the village rating on the label
For most of the twentieth century, the price of a kilo of Champagne grapes was...
Read moreCharles de Cazanove and where the Champagne money goes
Here is a question worth sitting with. Two bottles of Champagne on the same shelf,...
Read moreCarbonnieux and the case for dry white Bordeaux
Ask a table of reasonably serious drinkers in Hong Kong to name a white Bordeaux...
Read moreCantenac Brown and why a vintage is not a grade
Two bottles of the same wine from years three apart can differ more than two...
Read moreCantemerle and what the 1855 brokers were measuring
In 1855 Napoleon III wanted a display of French agricultural achievement for the Exposition Universelle...
Read moreBuccia Nera and what organic farming costs in Chianti
Organic farming sounds like a single decision. You stop using synthetic chemicals, you get a...
Read moreBranaire-Ducru and the virtue of the middle of Saint-Julien
The 1855 classification is read, almost universally, as a quality ranking. It was a price...
Read moreBouchard Pere et Fils and how a Burgundy label works
A Bordeaux label tells you which estate made the wine. The chateau owns the land,...
Read moreBillecart-Salmon and the dosage that finishes the wine
Dessert arrives and someone pours out the last of the dry Champagne to go with...
Read moreBenjamin Leroux and what negociant really describes
In Burgundy there is a word that quietly halves a wine's perceived value before anyone...
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