On the Bench -four French wines that beautifully balance tradition, freshness, and value.
Château Faget, Saint-Estèphe 2023
Chevalier Noël, Bordeaux Supérieur 2020
Château Hauterive, Médoc 2022
Château Bellevue la Forêt, Fronton 2024
Château Faget, Saint-Estèphe 2023
A small, high-quality producer...
Murmure de Larcis Ducasse 2019
The whisper of place
The 11-hectare vineyard sits on the hallowed south-facing slopes of Saint-Émilion’s renowned La Grande Côte (Côte du Pavie), in the limestone and Molasse du Fronsadais soils between...
Stressed Vines
Australia’s Wine Industry Faces a Reckoning on Grape Pricing
ADELAIDE — For generations, Australia’s wine grape growers have entered each harvest with little more than hope and habit to guide them. In the broad...
A Wine for One’s Home
Cambodian businessman and entrepreneur Edward Chea has taken a long and somewhat circuitous route to wine. It is a journey that has involved travelling the world over and cultivating...
Le Nardian Grande Vin de Bordeaux Blanc 2023
Just south of Saint Emilion, this tiny 1.8-hectare vineyard sits in the commune of Lugaignac. Its south-facing slopes of clay and limestone are planted to old-vine,...
The Bishop with the Bad Hand
The Maury AOC wine region in Roussillon, southwest France, lies deep in rugged Cathar country; It has a rich history of grape growing and wine production dating at...
The Italian Blend of the Century
I arrived late afternoon at the Fantini affair, in the lofty chambers amid the grandeur and chic of the Rosewood hotel. I found myself high above a familiar...
Wine, Design & Inner Peace
Designing Time Machines
Phnom Penh’s magnificent new airport and the highly acclaimed Le Dôme winery in Saint Emilion share more than just the same design firm of Foster...
