Traditional markets shun Bordeaux futures
Jun 9, 2008

Picture: Partial view of Bordeaux’s Haut Brion’ wine storehouse.

Picture: A woman tastes wine at the prestigious Haut Brion’ winehouse, in Pessac, Bordeaux.
With the majority of chateaux owners refusing to cut prices by any significant amount and as demand remains soft, the 2007 Bordeaux wine “primeurs,” or futures, campaign is […]

Yquem, Cheval ‘tricky’ to sell?
June 20, 2008
Sophie Kevany in Bordeaux

Chateau d’Yquem and Cheval Blanc are on the market with mixed messages from the trade as to their saleability.
Yquem was released yesterday at €330 euro ex-chateau, up about 9% on the €300 ex-chateau price for 2006.
Cheval Blanc 2007, released earlier this week at €320 ex-chateau, was […]

2007 Bordeaux: prices from Quinault, Beychevelle, Rieussec
May 6, 2008
Jane Anson in Bordeaux

Above: A young woman tastes wine on March 31, 2008 at Bordeaux prestigious Haut Brion’ winehouse, in Pessac, southwestern France, during the weeklong tasting of the 2007 Bordeaux vintage that officially began this weekend. The selling of wines ‘en primeur’ — which means first […]

Influential US critic pans Bordeaux 2007
Sophie Kevany | Bordeaux, France
06 May 2008

Above: This file taken in 1997, in Bordeaux shows US wine critic Robert Parker. Parker, known as the ‘pope of the vineyards’ for his ability to make or break a vintage’s sales potential.
Influential United States wine critic Robert Parker has drawn long faces in […]