New Articles

Bordeaux Wine and Eggs a Great Pairing, Just add Truffles

Scrambled eggs and truffles is a fun and easy dish to make and serve. It’s a perfect pairing for Bordeaux wine. If you don’t have a Bordeaux wine around, don’t worry. Try a Rhone wine or any wine of your choice. Champagne works great too!

READ MORE

Left Bank 2009 Bordeaux Value Wines from Stephane Derenoncourt

This article features tasting notes, ratings and reviews for Bordeaux wine made with the assistance of the Derenoncourt team. All the wines were tasted in bottle and are from the 2009 Bordeaux wine vintage.

READ MORE

2010 Cheval Blanc, High Prices, Stunning New Cellars in St. Emilion

The sexy, sensuous, refined shapes of the cement vats capture the essence and elegance of Cheval Blanc. That curvy design is continued through to the unique, underground barrel cellar.

READ MORE

2010 Malescot St. Exupery, 2009 Malescot St. Exupery, Structure or Exotic?

It’s going to be difficult for wine lovers to pick a favorite between the more structured and powerful 2010, versus the exotic, opulent stylings of the sublime 2009. That is going to be a fun duo of Margaux wines to compare over the next several decades.

READ MORE

2010 Chateau Palmer Margaux, 1989 Palmer, Two Stunning Wines

Starting with 2004, the first vintage produced with the efforts of Thomas Duroux, Palmer has shown a tremendous level of consistency. 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are all superb Bordeaux wines.

READ MORE

2010 Chateau Margaux, 2009, 1996 Margaux Tasting with Paul Pontallier

The estate continues their interest in bottling wines in screw caps. Screw capped bottles of Chateau Margaux or Pavillon rouge are not commercially available. Aware of the problem that far too many wines are ruined by faulty corks, they have been experimenting with this since 2002.

READ MORE