Château Margaux 1996
I’ve just had the cheapest Château Margaux of my life.
I’ve just had the cheapest Château Margaux of my life.
Live blogging from the Douro valley, part 3. Douro Superior is the Next Big Thing. Vale Meão, founded the 1877 by the famous Antónia Adelaide Ferreira and still run by her descendants, already makes great wines here, and everybody else is trying to follow.
Live blogging from the Douro valley, part 2. My best photos of Quinta do Crasto.
Live blogging from the Douro valley, part 1. I visit Quinta do Crasto, famous for its swimming pool and great wines. The latter proves to be true. But quality is never an accident.
A wine can be balanced at 15% alcohol, it turns out.
Vino Nobile is one of Tuscany’s great historical wines. But where is it going today? Tasting through 110 examples, I find them undrinkable until they are really aged. But who is going to have the patience?
The annual Austrian wine tasting in Warsaw brings a major surprise: the zesty, vibrant, mineral red wines of Leithaberg. Totally obscure 10 years ago, now awarded with its own DAC classification, and the hottest address in vinous Austria.
The most drinkable wines of 2011 so far: a Sauvignon and a Merlot from Slovenia. Why? They’re so moderate. The perfect antidote to jammy Shiraz or Parkerized supertuscans.
Please drink more Banyuls! Vinous France’s best-kept secret: affordable, flexible and delicious.
