La Maison du Vin de Margaux
Before coming out to Bordeaux I did a lot of prep work. In addition to contacting the Chateaux I wanted to visit, I also needed to get maps, plan routes, figure out places to stay and sites to see. I relied on a lot of tourism books and online information, all of which...
1998 Château Haut-Brion
I am going through some aged Bordeaux in my cellar and sharing my tasting notes with the readers of Pulling The Cork. Today it is the First Growth Chateau Haut-Brion and their 1998 vintage.
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Chateau Margaux
For me, no visit to Bordeaux would be complete without a stop at Chateau Margaux. Chateau Margaux is the wine that started my love affair with Bordeaux and I try to treat myself to a bottle of it every year. While Chateau Brane Cantenac is my favorite Bordeaux, Chateau Margaux will always hold...
2003 Château Haut-Bailly
As I was going through the wine in my cellar I noticed that I had a number of Bordeaux that were either at the beginning, the middle or the end of their drinking window. I thought this might be a...
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Bringing you straight forward, easy to understand and fun talk about all things wine while featuring...
Chateau Lascombes
Chateau Lascombes is classified as a second growth wine according to the 1855 Clasification and is part of the Margaux appellation. The Chateau bears the name of its original owner Chevalier de Lascombes, though it is currently owned by a joint venture between Colony Capital and Yves Vatelot (there are rumors it is up...
L’Intendant Wine Shop
I am going to try to get the posts from my Bordeaux trip out over the next week or so...I may not succeed, but I will try :). The posts will not necessarily be in chronological order.One of the places that was on my must-visit list was the L'Intendant Wine Shop, located across from...
What I Drink Makes the Yankees Win
They say that one of the first signs of insanity is the belief that one can somehow influence completely random events. I will stand in exactly this spot with my feet angled at 45 degrees, and when the subway stops the doors will line up with my feet and I will get on...
2003 Chateau D’Armailhac
This was another treasure from my 2003 Bordeaux futures order. For a wine of this pedigree, a Fifth Growth from the Rothschild empire, I would normally have waited a few more years, but this particular bottle had a cork pressing against the foil so I w...
Berry Bros & Rudd Good Ordinary Claret
Good Ordinary Claret is a fabulous name for a wine, there's no 'Old Fat Bastard' or 'Penguin Pride' type marketing ploy here, it has a no-nosense air about it. You want a Claret? A good ordinary one? Here you go!It's a medium garnet colour with good le...
Bordeaux Artist Elisabeth Hoffmann
My last Sunday in Bordeaux I stumbled upon an outdoor art exhibition and was thrilled to find some truly exceptional artwork. I was particularly impressed with the work of Elisabeth Hoffmann. I am by no means an art connoisseur, so I won't pretend to talk intellectually about her art. What I liked...
A brilliant effort: Château Léoville-Barton 2005
Supermarket press tastings don't always focus on the bottom end of the market. Especially not when it's Waitrose, who have a list of fine wines that parallels that of a decent independent wine merchant.
It was nice to find the Leoville-Barton 2005 at t...
Sorting with Lasers
Jane Anson has a short piece in Decanter about the use of lasers in the sorting process during the most recent Bordeaux harvest. From the article: New sorting machines, using laser optics, have been introduced at Chateau Pavie and Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne, and Chateau Margaux has an entirely new gravity-led reception system for the...
