March 27, 2026
Learning of Michel Rolland’s passing has come as a profound shock. On March 20, 2026, the initial stunned disbelief and bewilderment at a life cut short in its prime—Michel was only 78 years old and had 52 Bordeaux vintages to his credit—have given way to a period of acceptance and the need to pay our respects. Michel Rolland’s international presence in the wine and spirits
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January 14, 2025
Left Bank, a taste of aristocraty.Enclosed to the east by the famous Gironde estuary (and one of its two rivers, the Garonne), to the west by a dense forest of maritime pines and the Atlantic Ocean, Médoc, Graves and Sauternais form, from north to south, the main valuable wine-growing areas on the left bank. The Médoc (4700 ha) and Haut-Médoc (4200 ha) are not only
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November 14, 2024
Origins.Probably English-inspired, in view of the 18th-century practices of the port wine trade, « En Primeur" sales remain primarily the business of Gironde estates and wine merchants. The economic crisis of the early 1970s encouraged a number of Bordeaux estates, then in the throes of serious financial difficulties, to invent an original system for promoting and
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August 10, 2024
An excellent alternative to the first lavel, the Grand Vin !In an often tumultuous futures market, which has been subject to price sinusoids for several decades now, focusing on the second labels of the leading châteaux, not to say the stars of the Left Bank (Médoc) and Right Bank (Libourne), means first and foremost enjoying the reputation of the first wines in both good and
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May 3, 2024
The art of listening and recommendationEmbodying the professionalism of the sommelier, one of them remains the essential link between the product chosen by the host and the satisfaction in the dining room of the latter and his guests. The art of service or the promise of a successful meal at the table.Assistant sommelier, Maître d’hôtel sommelier, this professional woman or
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April 8, 2024
A real shift in French habitsThe recent investigation carried out by french institute Ipsos Observer - at the request of FranceAgriMer and CNIV - shows that we are significantly witnessing a real change in the habits of the French, and this since 40 years. But the Covid crisis also happened there. The same goes for inflation: « dry materials », the price of energy, all this
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