Last week the drinks business conducted a one-off, pioneering tasting featuring 10 wines consumed by presidents and monarchs at the most lavish banquets of this century, and we reveal what these top drops were.
The owner of Château Calon-Ségur, French insurance group Suravenir, has acquired three Right Bank estates from the owner of Château Latour.
The new owner of Château Cantenac Brown in Bordeaux has commissioned architect Philippe Madec to build a new winery at the estate that will “push the boundaries of current standards for ecological and environmental responsibility”.
St Emilion grand cru classé ‘A’ estate, Angelus, has said that its bottles for the 2018 vintage will be engraved with a red phoenix.