France, Bordeaux: Château Mouton Rothschild – The Sheep with the Golden Fleece

Studying the impressive gold-enameled ram etching on a bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 2000 recalls for me the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts and this hero’s quest to...

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France, Bordeaux: 2018 Sauternes – Better Late than Never

I’ve kept our annual Sauternes en primeur report separate from the report published last week on the 2018 Bordeaux reds and dry whites. This decision is somewhat based on tradition...

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Final Thought: Bordeaux 2018, A Perplexing Vintage

The vintage was highly regarded among the critics—the extremely positive reception gave the campaign legs and turned some releases into great successes....

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Five Times Robert Parker Moved the Bordeaux Market

With the recent news of Robert Parker's retirement, Liv-ex looks back at just five times—of very many—that the famed wine critic moved the Bordeaux market....

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The Evolution of En Primeur: The Future Arrives Early

People have long had a fascination with the unknown, a kind of curiosity that drives them to speculate on what might lie ahead. In the wine world, a look into...

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Bordeaux 2018: Harvesting Ripeness

Lisa Perrotti-Brown talks the highs and lows of the vintage....

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France, Bordeaux: 2018 En Primeur – Extreme Vintage

I have a husband who is into extreme sports. Sky diving, bungy jumping, diving ship wrecks, mountain climbing, speed boats, zip lines over jungles, motor racing—you name it. Me, not...

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Bordeaux 2016: Changing the Landscape?

The critics have reviewed the wines at En Primeur and very recently in-bottle and are effusive in their praise....

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Bordeaux 2016: Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion and Cos d’Estournel

Today’s post takes a look at three of Perrotti-Brown’s 100-point wines: Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion and Cos d’Estournel....

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9 100-Point Bordeaux Wines in Interim End of November 2018

“While 2016 is an incredible vintage that produced a lot of outstanding and some extraordinary wines throughout Bordeaux, the greatest wines of this amazing year sing not so much about...

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