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Posted: September 7, 2012
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What We're Drinking Now
Château Cantemerle Haut-Médoc 2005
Posted: July 20, 2012 By Thomas Matthews
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News
"The campaign that didn't happen" ended with a shrug as customers balked at prices
Posted: July 10, 2012 By Ben O'Donnell
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Jean-François Moueix helps engineer $212.5 million deal; buys minority share
Posted: July 3, 2012 By Suzanne Mustacich
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American grad students take on the world's top university wine clubs in a test of minds and palates at Lafite
Posted: July 3, 2012 By Ben O'Donnell
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Smith-Haut-Lafitte's owners will receive the majority of the Pessac-Léognan property, with nearly 14 acres going to Les Carmes Haut-Brion
Posted: July 2, 2012 By Suzanne Mustacich
June 30, 2012 Issue
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Alphabetical Listing
Posted: June 30, 2012
June 30, 2012 Issue
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Tasting Reports
The 2011 vintage succeeds despite a difficult growing season, with dry whites and sweet wines the stars
Posted: June 30, 2012 By James Molesworth
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The Bordeaux third-growth is rumored to have been acquired for $212.5 million; in separate sales, parcels of La Croix-de-Gay and négociant DIVA-Bordeaux change hands
Posted: June 28, 2012 By Suzanne Mustacich
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Posted: June 1, 2012
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Wine in History
The story of the man who owned and guided Lafite, Latour, Mouton and many other top estates into the dawn of modern Bordeaux
Posted: May 24, 2012 By Ben O'Donnell
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Latour, Mouton-Rothschild and Cheval-Blanc release to mixed reaction; wineries struggle with pricing
Posted: May 15, 2012 By Mitch Frank
Blogs
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Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
Château Troplong-Mondot's Margaux Pariente raises the perplexing question, and a few American wine industry pros try to answer
Posted: May 3, 2012 By James Molesworth
I sat down with Margaux Pariente in my office yesterday. The newest generation to work at her family's Château Troplong-Mondot in Bordeaux's St.-Emilion, Pariente is relatively new to the wine business, young, energetic and passionate about her wine. She was in New York to work the market a little bit and she admitted finding the reaction to Bordeaux a little surprising.
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What We're Drinking Now
Château Cos-d’Estournel St.-Estèphe 1986
Posted: April 30, 2012 By Thomas Matthews
April 30, 2012 Issue
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News
Posted: April 30, 2012 By Suzanne Mustacich
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Leading French bank takes a sizable stake in seven châteaus, helping secure future of the properties
Posted: April 20, 2012 By Suzanne Mustacich
Blogs
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James Laube's Wine Flights
Bordeaux first-growth Château Latour won't sell futures after 2011, but the rest of Bordeaux is unlikely to follow
Posted: April 18, 2012 By James Laube
For the longest time, Bordeaux has been the envy of most vintners everywhere.
Its wines have history, tradition and prestige and are often in great demand. The top classified-growths produce thousands of cases that command top-rung prices. Most of the elite wines are sold before they're even bottled. As a business model, it has few peers.
Yet apparently it's not perfect. Last week, Château Latour announced it would abandon the long-time tradition of selling wine futures, a move that sent shock waves through the Bordelais wine trade, primarily because of Latour's status.
Blogs
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Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth
From Margaux to Sauternes, a young couple produces a string of off-the-radar wines
Posted: April 18, 2012 By James Molesworth
During my two-week run through Bordeaux to taste the newly released 2011 Bordeaux barrel samples, I had the opportunity to stop in at Vignobles Gonet-Médeville, the multi-property winery owned and run by the husband-and-wife team of Xavier Gonet and Julie Gonet-Médeville. The highlights here included a vertical of Château Gilette Sauternes Crème de Tête dessert wines going back to 1949, including the 99-point 1967. Here are my notes.
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The Bordeaux first-growth cuts prices, but the market remains quiet; Cos-d'Estournel follows suit with 50 percent drop
Posted: April 17, 2012 By James Molesworth
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As the château gains more control over sales, will it hurt the rest of Bordeaux?
Posted: April 16, 2012 By James Molesworth, Suzanne Mustacich
