The Bordeaux 2008 vintage

The ‘en primeur’ campaign will shortly start in earnest. We examine the 2008 vintage in the context of the weather in 2008, its overall quality, the economic background which developed during the vintage and the pricing policies of the chateaux. Please visit Fine Wine journal to obtain all the facts.
Fabian Cobb

La Paulee 2009, Part II

Thursday night was the pre-paulee dinner, hosted by Senor Johnnes at the Bouley Test Kitchen, where David Bouley, Daniel Boulud and Michel Troisgros were all in the same kitchen chefing it up for the eager attendees. This year, the honored vignerons were Veronique Drouhin and Jean-Francois Coche-Dury. This would mark Coche’s first trip ever to [...]

La Paulee 2009, Part I

The first night of the La Paulee Celebration was an unofficial one for La Paulee, but an official Acker one. We were celebrating our ‘Road to Burgundy’ auction, and Roger Stein, the featured collection in the sale, was hosting a tremendous dinner in the private room at CRU. The meal was spectacular as always, and [...]