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FROM THE CELLAR | Great Wine: 2009 Chateau Figeac

Does wine have a soul?  Some say that a living thing which isn’t human only forms a soul once it establishes a deep connection with a human soul. Compare, say,

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FROM THE CELLAR | Great Wine: 2001 Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes

The turn of the 21st Century brought about a remarkable vintage for sweet white wines in Bordeaux. The year 2001 also brought upon the downfall of Enron, the launch of

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Great Wine: Chateau Leoville Barton Saint-Julien

Old school drinkers of fine wines have this thing about waiting… and waiting—forever—to open up a special bottle of wine. Their obsession with waiting sometimes comes off like endless reels

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FROM THE CELLAR | Great Wine: 2003 Peby Faugeres Saint-Emilion

If anyone orders Merlot I am leaving. I am not drinking fucking Merlot! — the notorious line from the ragged, lonesome character Miles in Alexander Payne’s movie Sideways that came

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Great Wine: Chateau Villemaurine Saint-Emilion

A new Bordeaux—like the new Cité du Vin museum in Bordeaux, an exceedingly modern shrine dedicated to the history of wine culture—is a necessary progression from the trappings of the

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Great Wine: Chateau La Pointe Pomerol

How delightful!  When professional wine critics discuss wines from a serious region like Bordeaux, they have a tendency to take all the fun out of it. That’s a disservice to

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Great Wine: Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion

You can really find out what a winery is made of by the wine they make in tough years. Some years in Bordeaux, like 2001, are looked upon more favorably

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Great Wine: Chateau Coutet Sauternes-Barsac

The 2003 CHATEAU COUTET, a First Growth Bordeaux estate, was the Sauternes that hooked me on Sauternes—to me, the most special and uniquely aromatic and addictively alluring sweet white wine on

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Great Wine: Clos de L’Oratoire Saint-Emilion

When you see the word “Clos” on a wine label, expectations are raised. For example, the Fevre Chablis “Les Clos” is one of the finest Chablis there is. The Krug

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Great Wine: Chateau Bourgneuf Pomerol

And darkness fell across the whole land. And weeping could be heard throughout the land. Varied depictions of Jerusalem after Christ’s crucifixion can be found within the New Testament.  The

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