I have quite a few collector friends. Most of them are collectors rather than drinkers. I like them and I truly understand their obsession with buying the best of the best and occasionally excelling with trophy bottles at prestigious dinners. I´m far from a...
I´m not a genius! But if someone would serve me Meursault from Coche-Dury blind, I would certainly nail it! And that´s not because of my own tasting abilities, rather the genius in the bottle and the genius that made the wine! I always say...
There´s certainly an allure about wines, or rather producers that don´t exist anymore. Because they are better? Not always. Because of the rarity? Indeed! I´ve been lucky to taste some of these cult wines such as Henri Jayer, Gentaz-Dervieux and particularly René Engel whose...
If I look at my track record when it comes to the cult wines from Napa Valley, I had my fair share of Screaming, Harlan, Dalla Valle and so forth. Bryant Family however, is a wine I rarely tasted and drunk even more seldomly....
I´ve had the question a thousand times – what´s your best wine ever? I´ve replied a thousand times – difficult to say as I´ve been luckily so spoiled with a tremendous plethora of great and legendary wines. However, emotionally my first great wine I...