Dewey Markham tribute
A short tribute to Dewey Markham Junior, author of '1855, A History of the Bordeaux Classification', who died suddenly this week. It includes an excerpt from a tasting I did with him recently, where his talks about his route into wine and how a film major from the Bronx came to write the definitive book on Bordeaux's most important wine ranking. With many thanks to Sarah Kemp of The Wine Conversation for putting this together at short notice.
Podcasts
Jane Anson talks to Jeremy Cukierman MW, who has just released a new book in French entitled Quel vin pour demain? Le vin face aux défis climatiques, which in English translates to Which wine for tomorrow? Wine facing climatic challenges.
A short tribute to Dewey Markham Junior, author of '1855, A History of the Bordeaux Classification', who died suddenly this week. It includes an excerpt from a tasting I did with him recently, where his talks about his route into wine and how a film major from the Bronx came to write the definitive book on Bordeaux's most important wine ranking. With many thanks to Sarah Kemp of The Wine Conversation for putting this together at short notice.
Elin McCoy and Sarah Kemp reveal which châteaux, retailers and wine figures are leading the renewal of Bordeaux in the US.
Jane Anson speaks to Professor Charles Ludington, expert in wine history, about the role of Irish merchants played in 18th Century Bordeaux, from the Bartons to the Phélans to the Lawtons and more.
Sarah Kemp talks to Justin Gibbs, co-founder of Liv-ex, about the 2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Campaign, which has now finished. They discuss the reaction by merchants and critics to its quality, and how it was perceived compared to earlier vintages.
Elin McCoy talks to Tom Gearing, CEO of Cult Wines, a leading company in global fine wine investment and management. Cult Wines currently manages US$270 million dollars’ worth of wine assets and has just collaborated with Château Angelus in producing one of the first wine NFTs (non-fungible token). In this in-depth interview, they discuss who the new collector and investor is, whether to buy 2020 Bordeaux En Primeur or not, and why Cult Wines has decided to open an office in New York: “It is the biggest opportunity market for fine wine,” he says.
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