Hiding from the Nazis in the Hospices de Beaune
Looking ahead to the 156th Hospices de Beaune wine auction, winemaker Véronique Drouhin tells how her grandfather hid from the Nazis in the Hospices de Beaune.
Wine History
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Ancient wine scroll is one of earliest mentions of Jerusalem
Scroll seized from thieves is first mention outside Bible...
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Great Fire of London: Wealthy buried wine to save it
Samuel Pepys dug a pit in his garden...
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Winery re-united with rare bottle after Decanter article
Winery reunited with one of its oldest bottles...
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200 year old 'Napoleon wine' up for auction
Rare piece of wine history goes on sale...
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Anson on Thursday: Inside the 'world's greatest wine library'
Lawyers, rockstar winemakers and seminal papers are all here...
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Champagne and World War One: 'the darkest hour'
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History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Prestige Cuvées
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History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Barolo
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History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Tokaji, 1571
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History of Wine in 100 Bottles: The Birth of Claret
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The 1855 Classification: on the mark or marketing ploy?
The 1855 classification of the Médoc has never been revised. Benjamin Lewin MW asks whether it still expresses the true quality of each château or if it’s now just a marketing ploy
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Jean-Guillaume Prats: The 1855 Classification
I view the 1855 classification as an aristocratic title. You are born a duke, baron or prince because one of your ancestors behaved as such before you. Whether or not you deserve the title today is a non-issue. But you would certainly not be regarded as such by a wider audience if you did not act as an aristocrat, with the appropriate behaviour.
