Michel Negrier, commercial director (global sales) of Domaines Barons De Rothschild (Lafite), explained to me at a dinner recently that we were drinking wines from the Lafite branch of the Rothschild group, not the Mouton… Read More
Tag: cabernet sauvignon
Revelling in Bordeaux and Napa Valley wines at Yun House
The wines of Chateau La Fleur-Petrus from Pomerol, Bordeaux, and Dominus Estate in Napa Valley paired exceedingly well with the fine cuisine of Yun House at Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur recently. “Wine is the most… Read More
Yalumba wines to pair with flavours of Oriental Cravings
Which winery can lay claim to being run by five generations for 169 years? Yalumba in Barossa Valley, South Australia, is Australia’s oldest family-owned winery. Yalumba’s first vineyards were planted by Samuel Smith in 1849… Read More
A Treasury of Napa Valley wines
Sauvignon Blanc, Californian style, is unrecognisable from the New Zealand Malborough Sauvignon Blanc we are so used to drinking here. Winemaker Stuart Rusted had gently warned about this when the Beringer Founders’ Estate Sauvignon Blanc… Read More