Bordeaux

As readers of this site know, I worked as a stagiaire on Château Haut-Bailly in 2006 during a sabbatical. Invited by a

Château L’Évangile After St.Emilion we made our way to Pomerol to visit Château L’Évangile which sits in the middle of the Plateau

Château Angélus I was lucky to visit Château Angélus twice in the past two years. Once with the Commanderie de Bordeaux Singapore

Chateau Ausone I was able to visit Chateau Ausone and participate in a tailored tasting of its portfolio of wines organized by

Current Maître Claudio Solgado organized this bi-annual trip dipping into his deep Rolodex of contacts. Passee Maître Stephane Benoist was also present.

A press review of the 2022 vintage suggests we are indeed looking at an exceptional year. Despite the extreme heat and dryness

Now here is an interesting story. Les Carmes Haut Brion is a Chateau in Pessac-Leognan that was not so well known. Good

In fall 2006 when I was a stagiere at Chateau Haut Bailly, Jean Guillaume Parts, then General Manager of Chateau Cos d’Estournel

My Bordeaux island wines from each side of the Gironde are Chateau Latour and Chateau Trotanoy. The later is managed by the

Visit and dinner at the Chateau organized by the French wine journalist Jean-Marc Quarin (www.quarin.com) for a group of  collectors from the

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, often simply called Pichon Lalande, is one of the most celebrated Second Growths of Bordeaux, classified

I met Veronique Sanders, President of  Chateau Haut Bailly during a Tasting with Atherton wine Taipei in early 2006 together with her