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A First Growth line up

On Saturday night, we had a very spoiling evening. A few years back a great friend of mine bought a collection of wines from the year of his birth.

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The St Emilion Saga

The French love of bureaucracy is no secret, but the continuing row over the St Emilion re-classification is impressive even by their standards.

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Chateau Latour for sale

For those of you with a few spare hundred million Euros (or rather more depending on whom you speak to) who have always wanted to own a First Growth Bordeaux Chateau now is your chance.

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Glorious Guiraud

These days of recession, stagflation and credit crunch have ensured that most visits to the City are rather gloomy affairs. Not so last week. I was invited to the Wallbrook to taste eight recent vintages of Ch Guiraud followed by...

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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Weekend

Last weekend I was lucky enough to taste two vintages side by side from this prestigious 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac. Grand-Puy-Lacoste is usually considered to outperform its classification and these wines are no exception. Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1999 was absolutely delicious and...

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