It is unlikely that Lou Kapcsándy could have foreseen the development of his career in cultalifornian wine production when he fled Hungary in 1956 during the revolution. Indeed, there was probably nothing further from his mind. Yet, today it is appropriate to speak of the wines from Kapcsándy Family Winery in the same b...
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It would be over the top to say that a grape variety called Nerello Mascalese is causing a stir in the wine world, but it would be accurate to say that interest in wines – largely from this variety – grown on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily is building at a significant rate. This comment is not purely taking into account consumer ...
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Sandrone may produce two remarkably fine and distinctive Barolo, namely Le Vigne and Cannubi Boschis, but they also produce a gem of a wine from the region of Roero, namely Nebbiolo d’Alba, Valmaggiore. This is a Nebbiolo produced on sandy soils from a dramatic amphitheatre of a vineyard, which does not permit any kind of mechanisation giv...
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As you may well know, we have been waiting to receive the second tranche of Château Lafite-Rothschild 2016 as the initial release represented a small volume of stock. We now have details and I am pleased to offer what various commentators regard as the wine of the vintage at £2900 per 6 bottle case in bond. Indeed, a survey of all me...
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We have just received details of the release of 2016 Château Figeac. We anticipated that this Château would be looking to re-position itself with the release of its 2016 – and that is just what has happened with a release price this morning of £925 per 6 bottle case in bond. This represents a substantial price increase ov...
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Judging quality is a more straight-forward exercise than judging price when it comes to 2016 Bordeaux en primeur. There are a number of properties that we have followed over the last few years where we believe quality has shifted upwards in relatively dramatic fashion. To see some re-positioning of price with such estates is perhaps not unexpect...
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