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Hot Body, Cold Blood: 2025 Bordeaux En Primeur
featured, France: Bordeaux
, May 2026
The fascinating 2025 Bordeaux vintage merges traits of both hot and cool growing seasons. The best wines channel the finest of each, yielding potentially magical, terroir-driven offerings. The question is not one of quality, but whether there are any takers en primeur as Bordeaux stares into an unwritten future.
Gamayzing: Beaujolais New Releases
France: Rhône & Beaujolais, featured
, May 2026
Each time I return to Beaujolais, I fall a little more in love with the region, its wines and its people, including a clutch of up-and-coming young winemakers. My trip in early March broached the challenging 2024 vintage that nevertheless managed to deliver some "Gamay-zing" wines.
Cellar Favorite: 1997 Domaine Raymond Trollat Saint-Joseph
France: Rhône & Beaujolais, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, May 2026
The 1997 Saint-Joseph is a masterclass in understatement and one of the most satisfying, heartwarming wines I have drunk this year.
Southwold: 2016 Bordeaux, Ten Years On
featured, Verticals & Retrospectives, France: Bordeaux featured Verticals and Retrospectives, France: Bordeaux
, Apr 2026
The Bordeaux 2016s were lauded upon release. Now it’s time to put them to the test via two exceptional tastings, one sighted and the other blind, to see whether the wines deliver as they reach their tenth birthday.
Fusion Over Force: The Sadie Family Columella 2001-2020
South Africa, featured, Verticals & Retrospectives
, Apr 2026
Eben Sadie’s flagship wine, Columella, played a crucial role in South Africa’s rise as one of the world’s most exciting wine regions. This article tells the story of The Sadie Family Wines and explores the philosophy of a visionary winemaker.
Cellar Favorite: 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2019 Pangaea
cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Mar 2026
A collaborative project between South African winemaker Travis Braithwaite and Michel Rolland, Pangaea blends fruit from Napa Valley, Bordeaux, Spain, South Africa and Argentina. This classy and sophisticated wine delivers refinement and poise with silky textures.
Vinous Table: Ploussard, London, UK
Vinous Table
, Mar 2026
Ploussard was a joy from start to finish, one of my favourite meals in some time. I warmly recommend this refreshingly unpretentious local restaurant for its standard of cuisine and quality of ingredients.
Cellar Favorite: 1985 Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
United States: California, cellar favorite, Cellar Favorites
, Mar 2026
Like many, I have a penchant for mature Californian wines from the 1970s and early 1980s. The 1985 Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Estate attests to the longevity of this California classic.
Remembering Michel Rolland
featured, Vinous Remembers, France: Bordeaux
, Mar 2026
Michel Rolland was a towering figure not just in Bordeaux, but across the entire world of wine for half a century. His legacy will be long-lasting. I will always remember his zest for life, humour and kindness.
Vinous Table: L'Enclume, Cartmel, UK
Vinous Table
, Mar 2026
Any gastronome visiting the UK must venture to Lancashire or Cumbria to experience its culinary heights. A prescient forerunner of farm-to-table dining, L'Enclume earned three Michelin stars in 2022 and delivers a truly excellent dining experience from start to finish.