The cellar is air-conditioned—excellent, in these hot summers, for the wine, but jolly cold for the wine writer. They were careful not to extract too much in 2021. “You had to adapt to the vintage and be very soft,” explained François. “We used pigeage on only one wine, the ...
In the current context of the fine wine market, you can look at it like any other investment; if you bought at release pricing, or invested a few years ago, you can still be very happy with the resale value of your wines – if that’s an important consideration for you. If you boug...
Byline: HELEN SAVAGECHANSON Pre et Fils is one of the oldest and proudest wine houses in Burgundy. It was founded in 1750 by Simon Verret who had the great good fortune to get his hands on one of the ancient round towers of the old walled city of Beaune, the Bastion de l'Oratoir,...
Ok, no, that’s not really (but kinda is) why I’ve decided to reboot. The real firs reason is that I’m not longer working primarily on a wine account. My focus has shifted back towards food so I don’t feel that there is as much a conflict of interest. Second of all, I lea...
Signs of the domaine’s vendange were evident as I asked if I could buy wine, the first lady I saw asking me to wait before another lady arrived to help me who turned out to be the partner of M. Lebault. Buying the required Maranges (3 bottles – I never have the ‘cheek’ to ...