Big Boy does Los Angeles
I go to a lot of wine dinners, most of which no one ever reads about. Most of the legendary dinners that I have attended, you have read about, and what happened this past Thursday night in Los Angeles quickly became one of the all-time legendary nights for everyone in attendance, and there were some [...]
Big Boy does Vegas
For those of you who are curious, the catalog for Rob’s sale will be online on Friday and in the mail on Monday. The salesroom will be packed; make your reservations sooner rather than later if you plan on coming to this historic auction.
I interrupt my report on La Paulee and its final chapter (and [...]
La Paulee 2008, Part One
I have been slow to stay current with the wealth of incredible wines that I have tasted during the first two months of 2008-my sincerest apologies. The notes are there, but time is not always my friend. Of all the great wines that I have tasted, and of all the great wine events that I [...]
Bipin Cheval Weekend
The stars were once again aligned for a spectacular weekend in Los Angeles, orchestrated by none other than Dr. Bipin Desai. While the BCS standings may have been on many people’s minds heading into early November, it was the BCW (Bipin Cheval Weekend) that was on the collective collectors’ minds of those fortunate enough [...]
Win a magnum of Château Mouton Rothschild, 2004
We don’t often offer wines up for a competition but it makes sense to do so. If you’re interested, and live in the UK, please enter our competition and you will have a chance to win a legendary wine. Visit this url for more details. Good luck!
La Paulee, Part Two
It was time for the main event, and there must have been four or five hundred giddy people gathered in downtown Manhattan. One or two of dozens of Burgundy’s elite winemakers sat at each table in anticipation of this Bacchanalian orgy. The long, army-style lunch room seating had to have about forty people per table, [...]
Photography Competition
Just thought I would draw your atttention to our photographic competition. You can see the submissions to date by visiting www.finewinepress.com/digital. The theme is ‘People in Wine’ which includes enthusiasts, wine sales people of all kinds, sommeliers, producers and workers. Anyone with a link to wine. Perhaps you have a photograph you would like to [...]
A Big Boy Business Dinner
On the day Big Boy’s name reached New York Magazine fame for his voracious participation in THE Cellar II, we were all together for a long awaited dinner with his business partners and closest associates, a dinner hosted by Big Boy to celebrate this past year and all of its accomplishments at various addresses all [...]
Putting “THE Cellar’ in Perspective
It is hard to believe that only two weeks ago was the auction that changed wine history forever.
Everything has been a bit of a blur - not alcohol related, that is. The wine market seems to be moving at a blistering pace when it comes to the finest and rarest wines, and I must stress [...]
Wine Supplement - Wine Trails
Wine Trails: a Supplement published in July, 2006 with the International Herald Tribune now available as a pdf download.
Contents include:
Châteaux and domains, guest rooms, hotels, restaurants and essential addresses: the best in wine tourism in Bordeaux, Champagne, Burgundy and Rhône Valley, Tuscany, Napa Valley and Sonoma.
Download a copy HERE
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Chocolate more beneficial than wine…
Whilst cruising around for various bits of research I came across some good news for wine lovers who like to eat chocolate too… It appeared on a research web site, and I have given the credit at the bottom of this entry:
“Researchers: chocolate is good for your heart
A team of researchers from the University of [...]
Dubai or not Dubai…
We were recently in receipt of the following email at the office of Wine Industry Report.
< < aida wrote:
You should stop 4th Dubai International Wine & Beverage Fair, there are more than 100 non muslim country to make ur fair their, why did u choose muslims and arabic countries, you know that drinking [...]
1787 - was it even a good year? Continued/…
So, I was about to tell you about Yquem..
..but then a book flopped through my letterbox - An Evening with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson* by James Gabler (published by Bacchus Press Ltd, Florida). What an ingenious idea. To create a fictional character who sits down with these two great figures from history and [...]
1787…was it even a good year?
I must confess that I experienced a faint sense of schadenfreude on reading Decanter’s (decanter.com) error over their story of the recent sale of the bottle of the 1787 Château d’Yquem. Here it is:
“Ancient Yquem becomes most expensive bottle ever CORRECTION
On 10 February we ran the following story which we have now corrected: the [...]
Pinot - the parties in the first part
We’ve posted our latest podcast entitled Pinot Noir Around the World Part I. That’s right… we’ve had to divide our material into two parts because we had so much of it. I think the interviews we have with the winemakers are fascinating - they all have hugely different backgrounds - and yet united in their [...]
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