The Haut Medoc wines, Chateau Greysac and La Tour de By, both scored well. Of course, Margaux is when things turn serious, and virtually all of the wines showed exceptionally well. so here I am, a Chateau Fourcas Dupre, tasting an incredible line-up of more than forty wines. The day started off as every day should. Inky and seductive. MORE >>

At the moment of the picture, we had just finished the tasting of Listrac, Mouis, Medoc, and Margaux wines. Looks like paradise, yes? You are looking at a picture of the post-tasting refreshments at Chateau Fonreaud, Cru Bourgeois Superiieur in Listrac-Medoc. Notably fresh acidity countered by grainy medium plus tannins. MORE >>

Unless you often buy at auction, or have been buying and cellaring wine for a very long time, you're probably like me - you drink scores of younger wines for every truly mature bottle you drink. I've always been attracted to things that are defined by a concrete set of rules. Wine fits in here too. And that's fine. But there just isn't. MORE >>

Last week, via the “inaugural edition&# of his monthly e-newsletter, he produced his own summation of the public tasting, which included new, “official&# scores for all the wines tasted. At the event, he had not scored any of the wines. But two wines scored 100. Tags: wine scores wine writing in this tasting. MORE >>

So buckle up and get ready to hear his thoughts on what’s wrong with Riesling from Austria and Australia, screwcaps and their problems, the Loire, California cab then and now, indigenous yeasts, roto-fermenters, small oak barrels, wines over 14% alcohol and why he uses scores! Wine scores. German Riesling. just don’t get it. MORE >>