The Billionaire’s Vinegar

Subtitled: the mystery of the world’s most expensive bottle of wine.
This was a bottle of wine which was sold at auction some 25 years ago: Château Lafite 1787. Its authenticity is eventually brought into question. The bottle sold for just over $156,000 to the magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes, outbidding Wine Spectator publisher Marvin [...]

The Four Seasons of Yquem “Les Quatre Saisons d’Yquem’

A film by Jean-Paul Jaud (French / English)
2002 J + B Sèquences
“The all-conquering sovereign of beverages.’
The film charts the course of the seasons during the year 2000 at Château d’Yquem in the company of Alexandre de Lur Saluces and his friend, journalist, John-Paul Kauffmann. Part of a series of four films each looking at part [...]

Sideways: road movie or “wine’ movie?

If one didn’t think the movie “Sideways’ was a “wine’ movie then one could be forgiven in the light of the tours and wine clubs that have grown up since its release: maps featuring the 18 locations of the film including the wineries and restaurants, a special “Sideways Package including wine tastings and accommodation, and [...]