France Auguste ClapeCornas

2018 Cornas

Auguste Clape

Rhone / France

Red

Bts

0 Immediate | 12 Marketplace

£97.00

Noel Verset - A Legend of Cornas

Noel Verset is one of the world’s great wine legends. His staggering 75-year winemaking career was instrumental in putting Cornas on the fine wine map. What is more staggering is that for much of his career his wines remained undiscovered, forced to work two jobs just to make ends meet. Today his wines are some of the most expensive, iconic and collected ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON March 19, 2020

Market Report August 2012

Strong August sales – Olympics or no Olympics While the latest industry reports from the CBI show lower than usual August trading figures in London, wine sales at FINE+RARE have bucked the trend with a significant increase on the equivalent period last year, suggesting that the fine wine market remains buoyant despite concerns in the wider economy. Bordeaux sales remain sluggish, especially ...

BY FINE+RARE,

ON September 4, 2012

Authentic agave: Clase Azul

In a world filled with big brands, Clase Azul is a tequila producer looking to do things differently. Holly Motion finds out why the artisan brand is determined for tradition to trump trends It is little wonder there has been a veritable tequila gold rush, after celebrity-backed brands have sold in excess of $1bn, and the category continued to report double-digit growth during a global pandemic. This growth wasn’t just ...

BY Holly Motion,

ON February 19, 2021

The Great Claret Tasting at Southwold - The 2011 Vintage

The Great Claret Tasting at Southwold is a wine geek’s dream. An entire vintage of Bordeaux, straight from the chateau in nearly all cases, evaluated blind by the elite of the UK wine trade: representatives of all the major merchants, with the wine press represented by Steven Spurrier, the Wine Advocate’s Neal Martin and Julia Harding of jancisrobinson.com. I have ...

ON January 27, 2015

The Great Claret Tasting at Southwold - The 2010 Vintage

Last week I had the honour and privilege to take part in the Southwold tasting of 2010 Bordeaux with twenty of the most experienced and knowledgeable tasters in the UK. Amongst us were Jancis Robinson (one of no less than six Masters of Wine present), representatives of all the major UK merchants, Neal Martin of the Wine Advocate and Steven ...

ON January 31, 2014