Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
Iconic Wines - Unbeatable Prices
Consistency is a tricky word when it comes to wine. On one hand, wine is a food product, and most food products are expected to taste precisely the same as long as they are consumed within a prescribed window of…
“I had ceased now to feel mediocre, accidental, mortal. Whence could it have come to me, this all-powerful joy? I was conscious that it was connected with the taste of tea and cake, but that it infinitely transcended those savours,…
I never turn down an opportunity to taste top-shelf Bordeaux, and for whatever reason those opportunities have been plentiful lately. After countless trade events and a masterclass or two, I’ve racked up such a mountain of notes on both sides…
Last week we highlighted the top producers of white wine in the Loire Valley, one of France’s most underrated wine regions. The Loire’s red wines, from Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, and to a lesser extent Côt, Gamay, and Grolleau, are…
Happy New Year! If you’re like me, certain dates tend to sneak up on you, leaving you in a last-minute panic to secure gifts or mementos to mark the occasion. Wine is, of course, the best gift of all, and…
In this, our last blog post of 2025, I wanted to share a few brief observations about what surprised me in 2025, and what to look for in 2026. But first, I’d like to say a big thanks to all…
Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat. I’m going to be all out of ha’pennies after this week’s cellar, the final in our three-part Small Cellar Series, and the priciest of the bunch. I’m always amazed at how…
The Middle Cellar, as I’ve come to calling it in recent years, is always my personal favorite. $15,000 for 150 bottles works out to a clean $100 per bottle, a price point where you can find exceptional wine in almost…
The first cellar is here, and it’s the one that has given me the most trouble in recent years. As it turns out, the prices of great wines keep going up (particularly with the lamentable tariff situation) but $5,000 stays…
As you are slowly coming out of your turkey-and-Grand-Cru-Burgundy-induced haze and fighting for your life under the weight of a hundred different Black Friday “sales”, we figured we’d do something a little different. We don’t really do sales at Grand…