Region Report

The wines of Barbaresco are some of the most exciting red wines made in the world today. Grab all the 2016s you can, for they are the single greatest Barbaresco wines of all time; search out carefully for the better 2017s, buy and enjoy the...

I can safely say to be one of the world’s biggest fans of the wines of Sauternes and Barsac. My cellars are full of bottles from these Appellations, and unlike most people today, will routinely drink the wines of Sauternes and Barsac through an...

The wines of Barbaresco are some of the most exciting red wines made in the world today. Grab all the 2016s you can, for they are the single greatest Barbaresco wines of all time; search out carefully for the better 2017s, buy and enjoy the...

The 2017 vintage will go down in the annals for its horrific April frost episodes that greatly reduced yields across the region (in all of Bordeaux, not just Sauternes and Barsac). But the news is not all glum: over in Sauternes and Barsacs, those...

I have had a long-standing love affair with Bordeaux, its people, its food, its scenery, and its famous wines: simply put, Bordeaux is one of my three favourite non-capital cities in the world and I would love to live there (I have thought about...