Wine 101

En Primeur is a long-established system in the French wine market. Essentially, it offers customers the opportunity to purchase/invest in a vintage before the wine is bottled. Although historically and...

Sauternes is home to some of the finest, most unctuous, gourmand, and previously most sought-after wines in the world. In recent times, these wines have been somewhat overshadowed by the...

When it comes to wine, I love discovering new frontiers. And when it comes to going ‘off-road’ in the world of wine, few places offer so many exciting new adventures...

Bordeaux 2021 Many acknowledge that it has been a challenging vintage for the Bordelais. Widespread frost was the result of an extremely cold April. The white grapes and the areas...

As autumn sets in, the air gets crisper, and the nights cooler, it’s a good time to swap over your ‘wine wardrobe’. At the same time you start donning an...

What are wine scores? You’ve all seen them. Australia’s own James Halliday gave this Pinot Noir 96 points. Wine Spectator gave a surprising 98 points to that Chardonnay. It’s the...

Cotes de Castillon is another one of those Right Bank appellations (along with Fronsac) that does well in very hot vintages such as 2020. This is largely due to its...

Margaux The largest of the communal appellations in The Médoc, Margaux is also the only one to boast 1855 classified estates at all rankings from first to fifth. Generalisations abound...

The Left Bank of Bordeaux is littered with famous names, both villages as well as estates. However, it’s widely accepted that the most famous village and home to three of...

Today our Bordeaux En Primeur Team will be introducing you to one of the hidden gems of one of the smallest but mightiest Appellations in Bordeaux; Chateau Taillefer from Pomerol....

In my tasting of En Primeur 2020’s a particular Fronsac estate stood out – Chatêau Dalem. The estate has 33 hectares planted to 90% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 1%...

Hey, it’s Alistair here. Today I wanted to take you through a prominent appellation in the Bordeaux wine region, St. Emilion. I have a plethora of St Emilion samples to...