The First Chardonnay from Bordeaux. 36-year-old winemaker Benoit Trocard breaks away from the region’s Merlot tradition.

2013 Dubreuil Chardonnay by Winemaker Benoit Trocard. The Trocard Family, pioneering winegrowers since 1620, announced a rare new wine to the famed Clos Dubreuil portfolio and surprisingly it’s not a Grand Cru Merlot. Winemaker Benoit Trocard, 15th generation of his family-owned business based in Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France has gone against the grain and taken a … Read more

$195 million Palazzo di Amore is America’s highest priced home

The most-expensive residential property currently for sale in the United States is over 35,000 square feet, including a finished wine cellar, while the entire estate offers more than 53,000 square feet of livable areas. This includes the entertainment complex, along with a separate guest house that offers a private retreat. The $195 million elite estate … Read more

2015 Clicquot Mailbox for Veuve Clicquot Re-Creation Awards International Online Design Competition

Veuve Clicquot introduces the Re-creation Awards. Clicquot Mail is a chic gift offering for Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label that is fashioned in the shape of a modern day mailbox to celebrate Veuve Clicquot’s rich heritage of correspondence. This fall, Veuve Clicquot invites designers and novices alike to submit their own Clicquot Mailbox designs in an … Read more

Montepulciano – how to get there and enjoy yourself

Many people love Tuscany but only frequent travelers went to Montepulciano, a small hilltown in province of Siena that I visited a couple of months ago. I liked very much Montepulciano and I think that here lives the authentic Tuscan spirit, gentle and reserved at the same time, a gift for who prefers tourist destinations … Read more

French wine in crisis? That’s good news for small producers

Quality in France is more widely available than ever, with many of the best wines from unheralded regions

World’s best wine lists around the world

Luxury Viennese Palais Coburg Residenz wins World’s Best Wine List Award Palais Coburg Residenz in Austria took the top spot in The World of Fine Wine’s inaugural World’s Best Wine Lists. The Viennese hotel’s cellar boasts 60,000 bottles and a menu with 138 pages. “An extraordinary wine list for an extraordinary place, the cellar at … Read more