Wine & Food Pairings
A Toast in the Chalk: Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2012
Explore refined Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2012 food pairing ideas, from lamb and duck to truffle risotto and aged cheese.
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Tasting Notes
The Chapel Doesn’t Pour, It Confesses: Abreu Cappella 2016 And The Sacred Right To Pleasure
Abreu Cappella 2016 is a rare, velvet-textured Napa Cabernet blend—incense, cassis, graphite—decant 2–3 hours; cellar 20–30 years.
Wineries
“The Wall That Speaks: Domaine des Lambrays and the Battle for Burgundy’s Soul”
Discover the history of Domaine des Lambrays, from medieval monks to LVMH. Once fractured, Clos des Lambrays rose to Grand Cru glory, producing Pinot Noir that whispers elegance and power from the heart of Morey-Saint-Denis.
Vinotourism
Stone Lofts & Cherry Shadows: Valpolicella’s Quiet Alchemy of Air and Time
Chang’e drifts through drying lofts and limestone gullies, listening as Corvina teaches patience and Amarone translates sunlight into velvet.
Tasting Notes
Montrachet Or Myth? Why Leflaive’s 2016 Tastes Like A Thunderbolt In Crystal
A thunderbolt in crystal: Leflaive’s Montrachet 2016 marries velvet texture, laser acidity, and limestone drive. Cellar 10–25 years
Wine & Food Pairings
Shadows and Sunlight on Rutherford Dust: Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
A lyrical guide to Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 food pairing—roast lamb, wild mushrooms, and aged cheese elevate this Napa classic.
Investment Reports
Solar-Spear Silk: Clos des Lambrays 2015 and the High-Noon Shockwave in Burgundy
Watch Bacchus hurl a solar spear, then ride Clos des Lambrays 2015’s rare Grand Cru momentum all the way to portfolio glory. Solar Spear in the Stones High noon: the Côte de Nuits blazes white-hot under Apollo’s glare. I – Bacchus, vine-crowned and restless – vault a sun-blasted wall and
Tasting Notes
Ark of the Covenant in a Glass: Hundred Acre 2016 Cabernet Unleashed
Hundred Acre Ark Vineyard 2016: a volcanic, velvet sledgehammer of Napa Cabernet worth worshipping.
Wine & Food Pairings
Stones and Petals in the Glass: Château Lafleur 2018
Explore poetic Château Lafleur 2018 food pairing ideas—lamb, beef, venison, truffle risotto—served with patience, precision, and reverence.
Wineries
“Seña: Chile’s Wine Prophecy Written in the Andes” From Mondavi’s vision to Chadwick’s legacy, and from forgotten valleys to Berlin glory—Seña is the story of Chile’s rise to world-class wine status.
Discover the story of Seña, Chile’s first icon wine. Born from Eduardo Chadwick and Robert Mondavi’s vision, refined by winemaker Francisco Baettig, and crowned at the Berlin Tasting, Seña redefined Chile as a world-class wine power.
Investment Reports
Verse-Forged Fortune: Château Ausone 2015 and the Poetic Power of Scarcity
When Bacchus hid a magic stanza in Ausonius’s library, he seeded a Right-Bank legend that now trades like treasure in the modern wine market. The Night I Inked the Vines Long ago I wandered into the scriptorium of Decimus Magnus Ausonius - Rome’s poet laureate and namesake of
Vinotourism
Côte‑Rôtie’s Vertical Dance of Syrah and Viognier
Côte‑Rôtie’s granite terraces forge dark‑fruited Syrah brightened by a whisper of Viognier. Discover Blonde and Brune soils, heroic viticulture, producer vignettes, serving advice, ageing curves, and collecting insight.