Musar: a year-by-year vintage guide
This summer we delved into the history of Chateau Musar – the iconic winery that has long proven the potential of Lebanese terroir. As well as offering a host of back vintages, we republished extracts from a new book on the producer, including this year-by-year guide to the wines which is the most popular piece we published in 2020.
Burgundy 2019: a vintage like no other
In a year when few have managed to travel, we were lucky to have a small team make it to Burgundy to taste the new vintage – and what a treat in a vintage like 2019. The fascinating year produced extraordinary wines, and our early reports on the 2019 whites and reds featured high in the short-list of the year’s most popular features. You can read our full report on the vintage here.
A visit to Leroy
One of the most fabled names in the world of wine, Leroy needs little introduction. It’s unsurprising that our account of a visit with Lalou Bize-Leroy tasting the latest wines to be released was one of the most popular articles published this year.
La Place de Bordeaux explained
Bordeaux’s distribution network is complex, deemed old-fashioned by some, yet its success has kept it firmly at the top of the fine wine leaderboard. Here we delve into how the system works.
Gaja goes south: Pieve Santa Restituta
Gaja might be best known for their wines from Piedmont, but the producer has been making fine Brunello since 1994 – wines that deserve to be as lauded as their Nebbiolos. Here we look at the history of the Tuscan project and the latest vintage to be released, 2015.
