What We’re Into Right Now: Holiday Edition
French 75 punch, sparkling biodynamic rosé, good-value red Bordeaux and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
French 75 punch, sparkling biodynamic rosé, good-value red Bordeaux and more.
Outsiders are challenging the power structure that has defined Bordeaux’s Left Bank for more than a century. But is it enough?
Proof it’s possible to find charming expressions of the region’s native grapes, without undue manipulation and around $30.
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Recognizing the often exorbitant cost of good Bordeaux wine, Eric Asimov highlights several bottles worth seeking out for less than $100.…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - The 79,000-bottle inventory of bankrupt wine retailer Premier Cru has been bought by auction firm, Spectrum, for $3.6…
Wine bottles come in a set spectrum of subtly different, yet instantly recognizable, shapes. But why? Jennifer Fiedler on the stories behind wine's most iconic bottles, plus a few renegade…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: – Robert J. Cooper, the creator of St-Germain elderflower liqueur, has died at age 39. – In Bordeaux, a…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Paul Pontallier, the long-time managing director of Bordeaux's Château Margaux, dies of cancer. - Boutique and small-batch distilleries are…
The pre-arrival model of buying wine has been entrenched stateside for decades, but in the wake of Premier Cru's implosion, the question emerges: Is it still worth it? Zachary Sussman…
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Rhode Island police arrested the 'Bordeaux Bandit,' a thief who has been stealing high-end wines in the New York…