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Wine in history: Freudian sips
In 1912, during the foundational years of the science of psychoanalysis, its leading light Sigmund Freud wrote a short essay with the unsettling title, “On the Universal Tendency to Debasement in the...
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Drink more wine!
In our current neo-prohibitionist moment, it’s hard to imagine governments organizing to promote wine consumption. And yet, that’s precisely what happened with the Drink More Wine campaign in France...
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Dom Pérignon 2015 and 2006 P2: The book of Révélations
The launch of a new Dom Pérignon Vintage tends not to stint on theatricality; the chef de cave assumes the role of artistic director, impresario, showman, and, in the case of Vincent Chaperon, priest,...
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Bocca di Lupo Arso 2020: The dawn of the Super-Puglian
Bocca di Lupo Arso challenges prejudices about the southern Italian region, says Sarah Marsh MW. Puglia has a reputation for overripe and jammy wines, and we want to show we can make a wine of...
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Herbert hall: Balance and focus
Margaret Rand meets Herbert Hall owner Nick Hall and winemaker Kirsty Smith. Kent, in southeast England, has always been beautiful—and it still is. But it used to look rather different: There were hop...
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175 years of Pol Roger: A bit British
Anthony Rose enjoys a vertical tasting of Pol Roger Vintage and Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill from the new Vinothèque range. On the news that he been voted The Drinks Business Man of the Year 2024 at...
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Cognac: Journey to the water of life
We dismounted at Cognac train station; shortly afterward, we boarded a boat that carried us along the River Charente. We saw stone buildings, some with facades darkened by a mushroom-like fungus,...
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Going haywire
Michel Bettane on the lessons small wine producers can learn from coffee. The Burgundian model clearly has the wind in its sails—and not just in France. All over the world, we’re seeing a marked shift...
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2015 Philipponnat Champagne: A trio of splendid gifts
Few Champagnes possess the latent and natural power of Clos des Goisses, and few, therefore, are better placed to illustrate the potential of a vintage as forthright and challenging as 2015. Charles...
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Cristal Rosé in London: 50 years of joy and wonder
Anne Krebiehl MW attends the London edition of Champagne Louis Roederer’s 50th anniversary celebrations of Cristal Rosé, where the line-up of remarkable wines was a fresh reminder of the house’s...
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Foxcroft and Wingfield: A tale of two vineyards
This is a tale of two vineyards on Twenty Mile Bench on the Niagara Peninsula—Foxcroft and Wingfield. When I made my first visit to Canada in 2022 I was surprised to discover an unfolding story of...
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Royal Tokaji recent releases: Royal Flush
Simon Field MW heads to Hungary for a tasting of wines from Royal Tokaji included a handful of 2018s, the first-ever vintage featuring all five of Royal Tokaji’s esteemed single-vineyard bottlings...
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Déjà-bu: Bordeaux 2020
After retasting some of the top wines of the vintage, Michael Schuster confirms his initial impression of 2020 Bordeaux as more variable than 2019, and he still characterizes the style of the reds as...
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Déjà-bu: Bordeaux 2020—the wines
Michael Schuster, Simon Field MW and Andrew Jefford, assess the Bordeaux 2020 vintage in bottle, with extensive notes on more than 100 of the region’s leading wines. Déjà-bu: Bordeaux 2020—an...
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Simon Field MW on Bordeaux 2020: Nuance and complexity will out
Hindsight and hearsay are easily banished when one is faced with nearly 200 glasses of wine from the Bordeaux 2020 vintage (not all, despite the brilliance of the World of Fine Wine team, poured at...
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Andrew Jefford on Bordeaux 2020: A very good and sometimes great vintage
Wow! 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and now 2020 in Bordeaux: five fine vintages out of six (and with 2022 lurking just around the corner). This suggests that Bordeaux found itself, throughout the second...
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Can old-vine varieties save wine from climate change?
Three hundred years ago, wine was made from a huge range of grape varieties that even changed as new cultivars were generated by cross-fertilization. It’s doubtful whether much distinction was made...
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Here there be vipers
Terry Theise brings his inimitable charm and perspective to the task of welcoming new drinkers to the sometimes baffling and intimidating world of fine wine—by jettisoning “the entire competitive...
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2022 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: Grandeur, regal bearing, depth of flavor,...
Domaine de La Romanée-Conti has comparatively low yields anyway but, like all Burgundy properties, its annual yields have been hugely variable over the past couple of decades, related largely to the...
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Martine Saunier (1934–2025): A generous French wine ambassador
Martine Saunier, who passed away in February after a short battle with cancer, was a pioneering importer who introduced American consumers to many of France’s greatest wineries. Many will remember...
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