Another in the Morgan Does Bordeaux series. When I woke up early on Tuesday morning, after the storms had knocked out the power and the alarm, I had a wave of fear run through me. Was I going to be too late for my appointment to Chateau Palmer? Luckily, I heard Antoine stirring in the kitchen, meaning that it had to be before 8 o’clock. My appointment was for 10 o’clock in Margaux...

As you can probably tell by now there are a lot of chateau clustered in the Medoc. Their grand facades, some in better repair than others, are probably the greatest outward manifestation of the high amount of wealth that is concentrated here. Almost all labels of chateau show the picture ...

Another in a series of Morgan’s dispatches from Bordeaux. Look for part two of yesterday’s post on Wine Sediments later this week. This morning I awoke to a heavy gloom. Thunderheads bumped shoulders in the distance, darkening the Medoc from Margaux to Pauillac. Deciding to be optimistic I left the skylight to my room open and left to start taking maturity samples of Merlot parcels from...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Jay Winton Post Time: 03-17-2008 at 02:47 AM

St. Julien is home to the highest proportion of classed growths of the four major communes of the Medoc. It is also the smallest of the communes. Located just south of Pauillac, the vineyards of the “Leoville” wines, those of Ch. Leoville-Las-Cases in this case, begin where those of Ch. ...

Another in a series of posts from France by Morgan Twain-Peterson. I am back in Bordeaux, this time stationed at Les Ormes de Pez, the smaller chateau owned by the Cazes. Though I loved living with the other interns at our little villa the village of Bages—the house was like a bad joke or sitcom waiting to happen—a swiss, a belge, an American, and a Mexican walk into a house in France… My new...

I received a great email from Morgan yesterday with this article attached and had to share it. Morgan is currently over in France right now working harvest at Chateau Lynch Bages in Bordeaux. It’s a long article, so I’ve split it up in to a couple posts. I’ll publish the second part over at Wine Sediments later this week. Enjoy. BY MORGAN PETERSON Perhaps the first thing that strikes you...

... as "JP ". He is also a keen golfer and is a close friend of Tiger Woods . Football is close to his ... Society of Trinity College, Dublin, for his charity work. Jonjo and JP also went into a joint ... South from Cumbria after his recovery from cancer and saw the potential in Jackdaws Castle . JP helped...

J.P. Tinto 2003 Setubul Peninsula, Portugal ($6) It's not much of a secret anymore that Portuguese reds can be quite satisfying for a fraction of the cost of the competition. I figure that these wineries never became obsessed with single varietal releases, never spent the big bucks on marketing, and never got into the Parker influenced over the top fruit flavors that people seem to look...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: JohnBierly Post Time: 06-21-2007 at 01:46 AM