GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four Chinese wines did better than Bordeaux wines in a small blind tasting competition of 10 wines, in Beijing 14 December: shades of the Judgement of Paris competition in 1976 that shook French growers to their roots and put US wines on the world’s sommelier maps. The Chinese wine market is widely […]
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Wine investors: drinkers and investors won during the financial crisis
There are two types of wine investors: those who buy wines they want to explore, and who set them aside for later when the sensory value will have increased, and those who buy, gambling that the price will rise neatly. The investors will either sell it or open the bottle when it is time to […]
Bordeaux in hand, the wine writer is back
Winter is a lovely time for drinking wine, and let’s be clear, drinking is not the same as tasting. We’ve had guests in the mountains, where we opened big hearty red wines from Spain to have with roasts, and other friends with whom we compared fendants from Valais over raclette (cheese melted over potatoes) next […]
Put in your order for Chinese Bordeaux wine, vintage 2020
Things are heating up in Bordeaux, France, with the tasting sessions for the primeurs, or new wines, starting today (30 March). Wednesday I’ll be joining 1,000 other journalists and wine writers who descend on the area, for three days of tastings and talking to producers. Meanwhile, Bordeaux winemakers are taking advantage of the wine world’s […]