How wine prices have changed over the years..
Berry Bros & Rudd’s reprint of its 1909 wine list is a fascinating insight into our wine tastes a century ago. NICHOLAS FAITH goes back in time
Nicholas Faith was a well-respected wine writer and journalist, with a special interest in Cognac. He published a total of 23 books in his lifetime, including Cognac, The Story of Champagne and Australia’s Liquid Gold. His first book, The Winemasters of Bordeaux, won the André Simon Award. He was editor at L’Amateur de Bordeaux, a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and wrote articles for Decanter as well as The Drinks Business. He was also a renowned finance journalist and was an editor at The Sunday Times, The Economist and contributed to the Financial Times. He passed away in October 2018 at the age of 84.
Berry Bros & Rudd’s reprint of its 1909 wine list is a fascinating insight into our wine tastes a century ago. NICHOLAS FAITH goes back in time
1982, viewed by many as the greatest vintage of modern times, saw the US get its taste for en primeur, and the Bordelais discover ripeness. Twenty five years after it was first tasted, NICHOLAS FAITH goes back in time
2005 was exceptional, and prices trebled. 2006 was average, yet prices remained sky-high. Now for 2007 – a difficult, rain-hit year, apparently saved by September. How high will the Bordelais dare go? NICHOLAS FAITH looks at how recent financial problems may affect their pricing strategies
A wave of high-profile investments in the Languedoc has brought the region to the wine world’s attention. NicHOLas Faith introduces the major new players and discovers a new breed of exciting, quality wines.
Every Cognac is produced from identical grapes, in an identical fashion. It’s the terroir that makes the difference. NICHOLAS FAITH introduces the regions that count.
Bordeaux’s standing as the bastion of the wine world owes much to its history. So how did the region first establish its trading routes? NICHOLAS FAITH looks back over the last 350 years and charts a rivalry between Left and Right Banks
It is now nearly three centuries since the ‘connoisseurs’ – all right, aristocratic drunks – of fashionable London decided that the brandies from the valley of the Charente River in western France were the finest in the world. Not all of them, though: the region’s products were divided into three classes.