Insider Tasting – Knowledge increases pleasure

Laura Clay kindly reports back from the tasting of the Cru Bourgeois 2017 selection tasting in London. Laura is a leading wine educator in the UK, president of the Association of Wine Educators and an accredited Bordeaux Educator. She often runs tastings...

Chateau Margaux is owned and run by Corinne Mentzelopoulos and has been since the death of her father in 1980, but she is not the first woman to be at the head of this prestigious vineyard.
In 1652, Olive de Lestonnac, 1er President de Bordeaux and the richest woman in Bordeaux at the time, died at the ripe old age of 80 in her property, Château Margaux. She is most well known for the religious donations she made both during her lifetime...

On a recent trip to experience the fabulous Master Blender workshop at Camus Cognac, more of which in a later post, I was fascinated by their ‘whisky’ approach to cask ageing.
Founded in 1863, CAMUS remains the largest family-run and independent Cognac House. Cyril Camus is the fifth generation at the head of the company and, whilst continuing their tradition of Aromatic Cognacs blended from the different terroirs of the region...

Anne Malassagne CEO of AR Lenoble is the perfect illustration of how a woman’s place in the wine business has and continues to change. Here Anne shares how she maintains a healthy and balanced approach to wellness in both her professional and personal...