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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...
続きを読むChassenay 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...
続きを読むCharles Mignon and the village rating on the label
For most of the twentieth century, the price of a kilo of Champagne grapes was...
続きを読むCharles de Cazanove and where the Champagne money goes
Here is a question worth sitting with. Two bottles of Champagne on the same shelf,...
続きを読むCarbonnieux and the case for dry white Bordeaux
Ask a table of reasonably serious drinkers in Hong Kong to name a white Bordeaux...
続きを読むCantenac Brown and why a vintage is not a grade
Two bottles of the same wine from years three apart can differ more than two...
続きを読むCantemerle and what the 1855 brokers were measuring
In 1855 Napoleon III wanted a display of French agricultural achievement for the Exposition Universelle...
続きを読むBuccia Nera and what organic farming costs in Chianti
Organic farming sounds like a single decision. You stop using synthetic chemicals, you get a...
続きを読むBranaire-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...
続きを読むBouchard Pere et Fils and how a Burgundy label works
A Bordeaux label tells you which estate made the wine. The chateau owns the land,...
続きを読むBillecart-Salmon and the dosage that finishes the wine
Dessert arrives and someone pours out the last of the dry Champagne to go with...
続きを読むBenjamin 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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