Jean-Paul Gautier is no stranger to designing bottles; his perfume bottles are collectors items. But it’s not just about perfume or his signature striped T- shirts that were last summer’s fashion statement. He knows sex sells and not just perfume either. He has just put his talents to work for the Champagne house Piper Heidsieck [...]
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Chateau de Sours is putting the finishing touches to the dramatic renovation of their new wine making facility. The 250 year old cellars have been brought into the 21st century. The particularity of the new cellars is that the 250 oak barrels are cooled with air from the limestone caves situated directly underneath the cellars. [...]
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The vines may be 2 or 3 weeks ahead of flowering and winemakers looking at an early harvest, but the vines are not the only flowers just loving this hot dry spring. This year, the roses in the vineyards are some of the most beautiful I have seen. Roses in the courtyard of Château Langoa [...]
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I love traveling by train in France, and, in my opinion, if you are traveling to the city centre rather than the airport, the TGV is the best way to travel between Bordeaux and Paris. Libourne is even easier if you are visiting the right bank. A warning though keep the luggage light as the [...]
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The Saint Julien is a favorite restaurant in the Medoc, see my previous post even more so with this fabulous weather when the chef, Claude Broussard’s talents are at play on the enormous barbecue. The new layout means you can sit up the bar and watch your langoustines or steak being grilled to perfection right [...]
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Just over 40 years ago Tony Laithwaite started the company today known as Laithwaites Wine. Now offering over 2500 different wines sourced from 22 different countries to over a million active clients, Laithwaites is the worlds largest independent wine merchant with a turnover of over £340 M. In the last 3 years the expansion into [...]
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Bordeaux is the first town in France to have franchise of the famous Fauchon fine food emporium opened at the end of last year in partnership with Bordeaux caterers Elodie and Olivier Boyer. On the glamorous site opposite the Grand Theatre and in the same building as the Grand Hotel Regent 160 m2 of cakes [...]
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Justine Onclin is no newcomer to Bordeaux, the owner of Chateau Brannas Grand Poujeaux in Moulis since 2002 and Bordeaux Merchant house Sovex, he also runs the wine interests of the Ballandre family, including Classified growth in Margaux; Château Prieuré Lichine. Those of you who are familiar with the dynamic wine tourism strategy of Le [...]
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You will know by now that ‘Women in Wine’ is one of my favourite themes – and there are more and more women making wine that really appeals to a wider audience. One of the dynamic groups of women wine makers in Bordeaux, and one of the first to launch joint wine tourism products, is [...]
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Wendy has spent the last 25 years in the French Food and Wine Industry.
Wendy now teaches professionals and the general public in Bordeaux, the UK and as far away as Asia and the US, as well as accompanying private wine tours for amateurs and enthusiasts alike. Her aim is to open the doors of the world’s most famous vineyards, explaining and making the wonderful world of French wine more accessible.
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